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has glosseng: Begadkefat (also begadkephat) is the name given to a phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive sounds of Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel. The phenomenon occurs with b (beth), g (gimel), d (daleth), k (kaph), p (pe), t (taw), becoming respectively [β] (or [v]), [ɣ], [ð], [χ], [ɸ] (or [f]) and [θ]. In Modern Hebrew only b (bet), k (kaf) and p (pe) have a fricative variant whereas g (gimal), d (dalet) and t (tav) always remain acoustically and phonologically indistinguishable; in Yiddish also t (tav) has an fricative variant which is . The name of the phenomenon is made up with these 6 consonants, mixed with haphazard vowels for the sake of pronunciation: BeGaDKePaT. The Hebrew term בֶּגֶ״ד כֶּפֶ״ת (Modern Heb. pronun. ) denotes the letters themselves (rather than the phenomenon of spirantization).
lexicalizationeng: Begadkefat
instance of(noun) a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino)
Hebraic alphabet, Hebrew script, Hebrew alphabet
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has glossita: Begadkefat (anche begadkephat) è il nome di un fenomeno di spirantizzazione che colpisce la maggior parte delle occlusive dellebraico e dellaramaico quando siano precedute da vocale. Tale fenomeno si ha con b (beth), g (gimel), d (daleth), k (kaph), p (pe), t (taw), che, dopo vocale, diventano rispettivamente [β] (o [v]), [ɣ], [ð], [χ], [ɸ] (o [f]) e [θ]. Il nome stesso di questo fenomeno è formato da queste sei lettere, inframmezzate da vocali a caso per permetterne la pronuncia: BeGaDKePaT.
lexicalizationita: Begadkefat

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