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Plosive vs Begadkefat - What's the difference?

plosive | begadkefat |

As nouns the difference between plosive and begadkefat

is that plosive is sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug" while 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.

As an adjective plosive

is produced in this way.

plosive

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage; for example, when pronouncing the sound /p/ in "pug".

    • Synonyms

    * stop, occlusive

    Related terms

    * plosion

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (phonetics) Produced in this way.

    • Derived terms

    * plosively * plosiveness ----

    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.