A mater lectionis (/ˌmeɪtər ˌlɛktiˈoʊnɪs/ MAY-tər LEK-tee-OH-niss, /ˌmɑːtər -/ MAH-tər -⁠; Latin for 'mother of reading', pl. matres lectionis /ˌmɑːtreɪs...

the mid back rounded vowel, [o̞], and is transliterated as an o. The mater lectionis letter which is usually employed with holam is vav, although in a few...

syllables, when the mater lectionis is yod (י) or aleph (א): בְּנֵי־ ([bəne], sons of), מוֹצֵא ([moˈtse], finding). When the mater lectionis is he (ה), the...

word; these are marked with an asterisk (*). Three letters act as matres lectionis: rather than being a consonant, they indicate a vowel. ʾālep̄ (ܐ), the...

These consonants are called matres lectionis (New Latin: sg. māter lēctiōnis "mother of reading", pl. mātrēs lēctiōnis "mothers of reading", calques of...

rarely, vav with a geresh: ו׳יליאם‎ – /ˈwiljam/. Vav can be used as a mater lectionis for an o vowel, in which case it is known as a ḥolam male, which in...

matres lectionis, which is when certain consonants are used to indicate vowels. There is a trend in Modern Hebrew towards the use of matres lectionis to indicate...

Hebrew. In later Semitic languages, aleph could sometimes function as a mater lectionis indicating the presence of a vowel elsewhere (usually long). When this...

Eastern Aramaic language notable for its abundant use of vowel letters (mater lectionis with aleph, he only in final position, ‘ayin, waw, yud) in writing...

<ου> as a consonant, <υ> as a consonant after vowels, <ου ω> as a mater lectionis Biblical Hebrew orthography refers to the various systems which have...