דגש

Aramaic

Verb

דגש • (transliteration needed)

to pierce, to stab

Hebrew

	ְ ֱ ֲ ֳ ִ
	ֵ ֶ ַ ָ ֹ
	ֻ ּ ֿ ׁ ׂ

Root
ד־ג־שׁ (d-g-š)

Etymology

Related to Classical Syriac ܕܓܫ, Akkadian 𒁕𒅗𒋗𒌝 (dakāšum).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): [däˈɡe̞ʃ]
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [dɔːˈɣeːʃ]
Audio (file)

Noun

דָּגֵשׁ • (dagésh, dɔḡeš) m (plural indefinite דְּגֵשִׁים)

The Hebrew diacritical mark dagesh (ִ◌ּ)

Derived terms

דָּגוּשׁ (dagúsh, dɔḡuš)
דָּגֵשׁ חָזָק (dagésh chazák, dɔḡeš ḥɔzɔq)
דָּגֵשׁ קַל (dagésh kál, dɔḡeš qal)

See also

נִיקּוּד (nikúd, niqquḏ)

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) “דָּגֵשׁ”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 115

Further reading

Dagesh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
דגש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew דָּגֵשׁ.

Noun

דגש • (dogesh) m

dagesh (Hebrew diacritical mark)

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