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"One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the \"L\" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The \"L\" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced \"L\" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)"
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"(linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the \"L\" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The \"L\" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced \"L\" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)"
],
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"word": "lunar letter"
}
],
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥurūf qamariyya",
"sense": "moon letter",
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"masculine",
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],
"word": "حُرُوف قَمَرِيَّة"
},
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},
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"sense": "moon letter",
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],
"word": "lettre lunaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moon letter",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Mondbuchstabe"
},
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ai ärpı",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "ай әрпі"
},
{
"code": "ms",
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"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "huruf kamariah"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "konsonanti qamrin"
},
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"roman": "lúnnaja búkva",
"sense": "moon letter",
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"feminine"
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"word": "лу́нная бу́ква"
},
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"roman": "misjačna litera",
"sense": "moon letter",
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],
"word": "місячна літера"
},
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"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "місячна буква"
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"One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the \"L\" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The \"L\" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced \"L\" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)"
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"(linguistics) One of fourteen Arabic letters that do not affect the pronunciation of the \"L\" of a preceding definite article (ال- (al--)). The \"L\" in the Arabic definite article is pronounced \"L\" when followed by a moon letter: e.g., القُرْآن (al-qurʔān). The fourteen moon letters are: ء (ʔ), ب (b), ج (j), ح (ḥ), خ (ḵ), ع (ʕ), غ (ḡ), ف (f), ق (q), ك (k), م (m), ه (h), و (w), ي (y)"
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"roman": "ḥurūf qamariyya",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "حُرُوف قَمَرِيَّة"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ḥarf qamariyy",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَرْف قَمَرِيّ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lettre lunaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mondbuchstabe"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ai ärpı",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "ай әрпі"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "huruf kamariah"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "konsonanti qamrin"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lúnnaja búkva",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "лу́нная бу́ква"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "letra lunar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "misjačna litera",
"sense": "moon letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "місячна літера"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "misjačna bukva",
"sense": "moon letter",
"word": "місячна буква"
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