Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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judicature

UK /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/ noun

Forms judicatures

  1. noun The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.
  2. noun The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.
  3. noun Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.

Synonyms

judicatory judgeship bench justiceship justiciary judiciary judicial judicial branch court tribunal judicial system administration

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The state or profession of those employed in the administration of justice; also, the dispensing or administration of justice.
  2. noun A court of justice; a judicatory. South.

Etymology [F., fr. LL. judicatura.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “judicature”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “judicature” (best matches first).