[Heb-NACO] words starting with דרמ-

HCM2 clearly states דרמה as exception to vocalization of foreign loan words (“first sheṿa in a foreign loan word with an initial consonantal cluster is generally treated as a sheṿa naḥ…” cf. p. 19). Do other words starting with that “root” follow that same exception, e.g. דרמטורגיה, דרמטי,

Re: [Heb-NACO] words starting with דרמ-

I would certainly think so. I can't think why not. The wod, while not of themselves completely foreign words: they are based on one. Just my thoughts. Best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Metadata Dept. Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CA

[Heb-NACO] ending punctuation in fields ending with abbrev.

Hello all, מועדים לשמחה I have in front of me a case of a 245 and a 505 that end with rashe tevot (z. ts. ṿe-ḳ.l.l.h.h. in the 245 and li-f.ḳ. in the 505). Please confirm that I’m supposed to end the field with a second mark of punctuation (full stop) following that of the abbreviation. I

Re: [Heb-NACO] ending punctuation in fields ending with abbrev.

Thanks for your prompt response and guidance, Heidi. Glad to hear I’m not the only one who finds the instructions unclear. ☺ Best wishes, Jasmin From: Heidi G Lerner [mailto:ler...@stanford.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:49 PM To: Shinohara, Jasmin; Hebrew Name Authority Funnel Subject:

Re: [Heb-NACO] ending punctuation in fields ending with abbrev.

Dear Jasmin, The closest that I have found in the RDA Toolkit is LC-PCC PS 1.7 "Fields 245, 250. If either field 245[http://access.rdatoolkit.org/images/externallink.png] or