Etymograph

English

ktiv male

Ktiv male comes from Hebrew כתיב מלא ‘Ktiv male: a style of Hebrew spelling that…’.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentכתיב מלא‘Ktiv male: a style of Hebrew spelling that doesn't use diacritics’
  2. Englishtodayktiv male

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentכתיב מלא‘Ktiv male: a style of Hebrew spelling that doesn't use diacritics’
  2. Englishtodayktiv male

Today it means

name In Hebrew writing, the rules for writing without vowel pointers (niqqud).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew כתיב מלא / ktiv male