כתיב חסר

Hebrew

Etymology

From כְּתִיב (k'tív) + חָסֵר (khasér); hence literally "spelling that is lacking".

Noun

כְּתִיב חָסֵר • (k'tív khasér) m

1. Ktiv haser: a style of Hebrew spelling that uses neither diacritics (except sometimes sparingly) nor extra vowel letters (compared to traditional spelling); contrasted with כְּתִיב מָלֵא (k'tív malé), which also doesn't use the diacritics, but which compensates by using vowel letters more heavily.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “style of Hebrew spelling”): כתיב מלא (k'tív malé)

Further reading

• Ktiv hasar niqqud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• כתיב חסר ניקוד on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he