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English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).
Pronunciation
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
Latin
Etymology
Literally, “mother of reading”. Calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).
Pronunciation
Noun
māter lēctiōnis f (genitive mātris lēctiōnis); third declension
- (New Latin) mater lectionis
1648, Johannes Buxtorf II, Tractatus de Punctorum, Vocalium, et Accentuum, in Libris Veteris Testamenti Hebraicis , page 110:Si quis hinc concludere vellet, usum Matrum lectionis tunc nondum fuisse, annon exploderetur à Revelatore?- If one were to conclude from this that matres lectionis were not yet in use at this time, would this not be exploded by the Revelator?
Declension
Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.