aleph
/藞蓱藢l蓻f/
aleph
English
Noun
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Definition
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 饜 (示, 示aleph), Aramaic 饜 (示), Classical Syriac 軔 ('膩laph), Hebrew 讗 (aleph) and Arabic 丕 (示alif).
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew 讗诇祝 (谩lef). Doublet of alpha and alif.
Example Sentences
- "The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph."
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