defective

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Having one or more defects.

2. 2

   Lacking some forms

   Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

3. 3

   Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).

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   1. 4

      Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to…

      Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.

   2. 5

      Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the…

      Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.

   3. 6

      Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

   4. 7

      A person or thing considered to be defective.

      • It is an offence, subject to the exception mentioned in this section, for a person to procure a woman who is a defective to have unlawful sexual intercourse in any part of the world.
      • There were many more kinds of mental institutions at mid-century, ones for "mental defectives and epileptics" and the mentally retarded, psychiatric wards in veterans hospitals, as well as "psychopathic" and private mental hospitals.
   5. 8

      A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).

      • Thus, in the Pentateuch and in the earlier prophets the plenes are counted, whilst in the later prophets the defectives are enumerated.

The neighborhood

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