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geminate | begadkefat |

As an adjective geminate

is forming a pair.

As a verb geminate

is to arrange in pairs.

As a noun begadkefat is

a phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.

geminate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Forming a pair.
  • * 2008 , Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”
    • For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

    Verb

    (geminat)
  • To arrange in pairs.
  • To occur in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * gemination

    Related terms

    * Gemini

    begadkefat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * begadkephat * begedkefet * beghadhkephath

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia begadkefat)
  • (linguistics) A phenomenon of spirantization affecting most plosive consonants of Biblical Hebrew and Aramaic when they are preceded by a vowel and not geminated; also any similar case of spirantization of postvocalic plosives in other languages, such as Berber.