Definitions
1.AdjectiveHaving one or more defects.
2.AdjectiveLacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
3.AdjectiveHaving a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
4.AdjectiveNot capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
5.AdjectiveSpelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
6.AdverbWithout matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
7.NounA person or thing considered to be defective.
8.NounA word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).