יתדות

English translation: non-syllabic consonants

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Hebrew term or phrase:ראשי יתדות
English translation:non-syllabic consonants
Entered by: Aleksandra Adler

20:14 Feb 22, 2009
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Poetics
Hebrew term or phrase: יתדות
כל התנועת משמשות בשיטת עמה''ר בתפקיד כפול: הרגילות שבהן נחשבות להברות פונטיות וגם לתנועות כמותיות. שוואים נעים וחטפים נחשבים להברות פונטיות וגם לראשי יתדות.
Aleksandra Adler
Sweden
Local time: 13:08
non-syllabic consonants
Explanation:
i. e. those with shwa or an ultra-short vowel
ראשי יתדות - carriers for non-syllabic consonants?

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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-02-23 14:34:13 GMT)
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in this case ראשי יתדות (rather than יתדות) stand for non-syllabic consonants

"...separate syllables as well as onsets of the complex syllables"
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Alex Khanin
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רב תודות לך!!! :)
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non-syllabic consonants


Explanation:
i. e. those with shwa or an ultra-short vowel
ראשי יתדות - carriers for non-syllabic consonants?

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Note added at 18 hrs (2009-02-23 14:34:13 GMT)
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in this case ראשי יתדות (rather than יתדות) stand for non-syllabic consonants

"...separate syllables as well as onsets of the complex syllables"

Alex Khanin
Germany
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רב תודות לך!!! :)
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