mater lectionis

English

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

consonant used to represent a vowel sound

• Arabic: أُمّ قِرَاءَة f (ʔumm qirāʔa)
• French: mater lectionis (fr) f
• German: Lesemutter f, Mater lectionis f
• Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה (he) f ('em k'ri'á)
• Latin: māter lēctiōnis f
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: lesemor m or f

  Norwegian Nynorsk: lesemor f

• Russian: ма́тер лекцио́нис f (mátɛr lekciónis), «мать чте́ния» f («matʹ čténija»)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ter lek.t͡siˈo.nis/, [ˈmäːt̪er lekt̪͡s̪iˈɔːnis]

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.

Case	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