Triliteral

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of word roots in Afroasiatic languages: consisting of three letters. not-comparable

    "[T]he philologist may well refuse to accept a body of triliteral roots, developed on a highly artificial and uniform plan, as the ultimate fact in Semitic lexicography."

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"[T]he philologist may well refuse to accept a body of triliteral roots, developed on a highly artificial and uniform plan, as the ultimate fact in Semitic lexicography."

Etymology

From tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al.

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