Assertion: vowel's form | /r/HasProperty | mater lectionis
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text: In the spelling of Hebrew and some other Semitic languages, matres lectionis (from Latin "mothers of reading", singular form: mater lectionis, from Hebrew: אֵם קְרִיאָה ʾem kəriʾa) are certain consonants that are used to indicate a vowel.