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mater lectionisnoun
A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic languages.
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Mater lectionis
Matres lectionis (from Latin "mothers of reading", singular form: mater lectionis, from Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה 'em kri'a) are consonants that are used to indicate a vowel, primarily in the writing down of Semitic languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac. The letters that do this in Hebrew are aleph א, he ה, waw ו and yod י, and in Arabic, the matres lectionis (though they are much less often referred to thus) are ʾalif ا, wāw و and yāʾ ي. The 'yod and waw in particular are more often vowels than they are consonants. The original value of the matres lectionis corresponds closely to what is called in modern linguistics glides or semivowels.
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Mater lectionis
In the spelling of Hebrew and some other Semitic languages, matres lectionis, refers to the use of certain consonants to indicate a vowel. The letters that do this in Hebrew are א aleph, ה he, ו waw and י yod. The yod and waw in particular are more often vowels than they are consonants. In Arabic, the matres lectionis are alif ا, waw و, and ya' ي.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mater lectionis in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of mater lectionis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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