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begadkefat

/bəˈɡɑd.kəˌfɑt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
be-gad-ke-fat
IPA
/bəˈɡɑd.kəˌfɑt/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /bəˈɡɑd.kəˌfɑt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

begadkephat (alternative) begedkefet (alternative) beghadhkephath (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce begadkefat?
The recorded pronunciation is /bəˈɡɑd.kəˌfɑt/.
What does begadkefat mean?
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.
Where does begadkefat come from?
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.

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