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)
• German: Lesemutter f, Mater lectionis f

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