עיצור

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־צ־ר (ʿ-ts-r)

In the “consonant” sense, likely a mediaeval calque of Arabic مُتَحَرِّك (mutaḥarrik).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)iˈt͡suʁ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʕisˤˈsˤuʀ/

Noun

עיצור / עִצּוּר • (ʻiṣúr) m (plural indefinite עיצורים / עִצּוּרִים, singular construct עיצור / עִצּוּר־, plural construct עיצורי / עִצּוּרֵי־) [pattern: קִטּוּל]

1. (phonetics) consonant

Related terms

• תְּנוּעָה (tənuʻá)

References

• “עיצור” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• עיצור on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he