עיצור

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ע־צ־ר (ʿ-ts-r)

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. (phonetics) consonant
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References

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  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

Further reading

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