radical letter
Linguistics
noun
1An original unchanged letter, especially a Welsh initial consonant, which is liable to be altered or mutated by a preceding word.
2A letter belonging to the root of a word, especially one of the consonants of an Arabic or Hebrew root.
Origin
Late 16th century. Compare post-classical Latin littera radicalis.
- in (or out of) tune
- in (or over) the course of time
- in (or to) excess
- in (or under) full sail
- in (or with) calf
- in (or with) foal
- in (or within) living memory
- in (or within) one's sights
- in (or within) sight of
- inosculate
- inosculation
- inosine
- inositol
- in other words
- inotropic
- inotropy
- in our (or your, their, etc.) midst
- in outline
- in ovo
- I-now
- INP
- in pairs
- in pale
- in paperback
- in parallel