mater lectionis

English

Etymology

From Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/

Noun

mater lectionis (plural matres lectionis)

(phonology) A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Translations

consonant used to represent a vowel sound

Arabic: أُمّ قِرَاءَة‎ f (ʾumm qirāʾa)
German: Lesemutter f, Mater lectionis f

Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה‎ (he) f ('em k'ri'á)
Russian: ма́трес лекцио́нис (mátres lekciónis)

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