עיצור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־צ־ר (ʿ-ts-r)
7 terms

In the “consonant” sense, likely a mediaeval calque of Arabic مُتَحَرِّك (mutaḥarrik).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

עיצור / עִצּוּר • (itsúr) m (plural indefinite עיצורים / עִצּוּרִים, singular construct עיצור / עִצּוּר־, plural construct עיצורי / עִצּוּרֵי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

  1. (phonetics) consonant

References

  1. ^ Posegay, Nick, Points of Contact: The Shared Intellectual History of Vocalisation in Syriac, Arabic, and Hebrew (2021, →ISBN), page 67
  • “עיצור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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