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kamatz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ka-matz
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound).

Etymology

From Hebrew קָמָץ (kamats).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

kamatzes (plural) kamatzim (plural) kamats (alternative) qamatz (alternative) qamats (alternative) kometz (alternative) komets (alternative)

Questions

What does kamatz mean?
A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, shaped like a small uppercase T, which is written beneath a letter to indicate an /a/ sound (or, in Ashkenazi pronunciation, an /o/ sound).
Where does kamatz come from?
It is traced to Hebrew.

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