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)

1. (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)
• French: mater lectionis (fr) f
• German: Lesemutter f, Mater lectionis f
• Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה‎ (he) f ('em k'ri'á)

• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lesemor m or f
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lesemor f
• Russian: ма́тер лекцио́нис f (mátɛr lekciónis), «мать чте́ния» f (“matʹ čténija”)