begadkefat
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Etymology edit
Constructed from the consonants involved: ב (b), ג (g), ד (d), כ (k), פ (p (f)), and ת (t). Compare Hebrew בֶּגֶ״ד כֶּפֶ״ת (béged kéfet), the Hebrew mnemonic.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: be‧gad‧ke‧fat
Noun edit
begadkefat (uncountable)
- (linguistics) A phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.
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Etymology edit
Same as above.
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Noun edit
begadkefat f (uncountable)
- (linguistics) begadkefat [from late 19th c.]