A person or thing considered to be defective.
A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
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.
Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
Having one or more defects.
Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
A person whose abilities are less than normal.
That part of the axis of a curved line which is intercepted between the ordinate and the normal.
denormal
Less than normal.