| 单词 | radical letter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasradical letter radical letter n. [compare post-classical Latin littera radicalis (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at sense A. 4a)] Linguistics (a) an original unchanged letter, esp. a Welsh initial consonant, which is liable to be altered or mutated by a preceding word; (b) a letter belonging to the root of a word, esp. one of the consonants of an Arabic or Hebrew root. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > unchanged letter, usually Welsh initial consonant radical letter1573 radical sound1754 society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter > unchanged letter, usually Welsh initial consonant > letter in root of word, usuually Hebrew roots radical letter1573 radical1786 1573*Radicale letter [see sense A. 4a]. 1609 H. Clapham Chronol. Disc. xviii. sig. N3 Ram bam (that is, according to the 4. radicall letters, R. M. B. M. Rabbj Moses Ben Maymony). 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xi. 11) iii. 41 Sarah hath all the radical letters in it. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xix. 46 Wallia, which the Romans call'd Gallia, turning W into G.., yet the Walloon keeps his radical letter to this day. 1730 A. Bedford Script. Chronol. vi. 225/2 This Word [sc. Tros] contains all the radical letters of Tiras. 1769 T. Llewellyn Hist. & Crit. Remarks Brit. Tongue ii. i. 60 The word in its first form is in its absolute state, and begins with its primary or radical letter. 1831 S. Lee Gram. Hebrew Lang. (1832) 222 One of the two last radical letters of any word, when both are the same, may..be rejected. 1955 R. H. Richens & A. D. Booth in Machine Transl. Langs. ii. 28 In Welsh, it may prove possible to have a single equivalent for p, ph, or mh, which are variants of the same radical letter. 1997 G. Makdisi Ibn 'Aquil ii. vii. 148 It is from the radical letters, JNN, that the fetus was called janin. < as lemmas |
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