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形容詞

heemantic (not comparable)

1. (linguistics, dated) Of a Hebrew letter, used in the formation of derivative words and inflectional forms.
   • 1659, John Pearson, Late Lord Bishop of Chester, An Exposition of the Creed, Volume 2, page 200:

     with the addition of the Heemantic mem, the notation is evident, and the ſignification clear, as of one exalted above others.

   • 1812, Caleb Ashworth, Thomas Yeates, The Hebrew Grammar with Principal Rules, page 34:

     Table I, exhibits the radical and heemantic forms of nouns with the various application of the heemantic letters to the root according to the analogy of the language.

   • 1993, John James Clarke, Nature in Question, An Anthology of Ideas and Arguments, page 93:

     as, in Latin, the themes are by prepositions, terminations, &c, and in Hebrew, the roots by the heemantic letters.