mater lectionis

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Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally mother of reading), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/
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Noun

mater lectionis (plural matres lectionis)

  1. (phonology) A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Literally, “mother of reading”. Calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).

Pronunciation

Noun

māter lēctiōnis f (genitive mātris lēctiōnis); third declension

  1. (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.

singular plural
nominative māter lēctiōnis mātrēs lēctiōnis
genitive mātris lēctiōnis mātrum lēctiōnis
dative mātrī lēctiōnis mātribus lēctiōnis
accusative mātrem lēctiōnis mātrēs lēctiōnis
ablative mātre lēctiōnis mātribus lēctiōnis
vocative māter lēctiōnis mātrēs lēctiōnis