begadkefat
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editConstructed 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
editbegadkefat (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.
See also
editDutch
editEtymology
editSame as above.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbegadkefat f (uncountable)
- (linguistics) begadkefat [from late 19th c.]