defective
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Having one or more defects.
- Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- 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.
Adverb
- Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
Noun
- A person or thing considered to be defective.
- A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
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