mater lectionis
nounUK /ˈmeɪtə lɛktiˈəʊnɪs/ · US /ˈmeɪtɚ lɛktiˈoʊnɪs/
Etymology Borrowed from New Latin māter lēctiōnis (literally “mother of reading”), calque of Medieval Hebrew אֵם קְרִיאָה (ʾēm qərîʾā).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences A consonant letter used to represent a vowel sound in Semitic scripts.