begadkefat
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Constructed from the consonants involved: ב (b), ג (g), ד (d), כ (k), פ (p (f)), and ת (t). Compare Hebrew בֶּגֶ״ד כֶּפֶ״ת (béged kéfet), the Hebrew mnemonic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: be‧gad‧ke‧fat
Noun
[edit]begadkefat (uncountable)
- (linguistics) A phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.
See also
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Same as above.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]begadkefat f (uncountable)
- (linguistics) begadkefat [from late 19th c.]