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/ === Noun === mater lectionis (plural matres lectionis) (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 === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmaː.ter lek.t͡siˈɔː.nis] === Noun === māter lēctiōnis f (genitive mātris lēctiōnis); third declension (New Latin) mater lectionis ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun with an indeclinable portion.