דג

Hebrew

Root
ד־ג (d-g)
2 terms

דג

Etymology

Related to Ugaritic 𐎄𐎂 (dg), of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly connected to Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰu- (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daːɡ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dɔɡ/, [dɔːʁ]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daɡ/

Noun

דָּג • (dág) m (plural indefinite דָּגִים, singular construct דַּג־, plural construct דְּגֵי־)

1. (countable) fish

Declension

Declension of דָּג

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	דָּג	first	דָּגִי		דָּגֵנוּ
	definite	הַדָּג	second	דָּגְךָ	דָּגֵךְ	דַּגְכֶם	דַּגְכֶן
	construct	דַּג־	third	דָּגוֹ	דָּגָהּ	דָּגָם	דָּגָן
plural	indefinite	דָּגִים	first	דגיי / דָּגַי		דָּגֵינוּ
	definite	הַדָּגִים	second	דָּגֶיךָ	דגייך / דָּגַיִךְ	דְּגֵיכֶם	דְּגֵיכֶן
	construct	דְּגֵי־	third	דָּגָיו	דָּגֶיהָ	דְּגֵיהֶם	דְּגֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• דיג
• דייג
• שַׁלְדָּג

Related terms

• דָּגָה (dagá, “fish (collectively”)

References

• H1709 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “דָּג”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 114b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 279b
• “דג” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Verb

דָּג • (dag) (pa'al construction)

1. to fish

   דייג דג דג. ― dayág dag dag. ― A fisherman fished a fish.

Conjugation

Conjugation of דָּג (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לָדוּג
		action noun		—
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	דַּגְתִּי		דַּגְנוּ
	second	דַּגְתָּ	דַּגְתְּ	דַּגְתֶּם	דַּגְתֶּן
	third	דָּג	דָּגָה	דָּגוּ
present		דָּג	דָּגָה	דָּגִים	דָּגוֹת
future	first	אָדוּג		נָדוּג
	second	תָּדוּג	תָּדוּגִי	תָּדוּגוּ	תדוגנה / תָּדֹגְנָה1
	third	יָדוּג	תָּדוּג	יָדוּגוּ	תדוגנה / תָּדֹגְנָה1
imperative		דּוּג	דּוּגִי	דּוּגוּ	דוגנה / דֹּגְנָה1

¹ Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Anagrams

• גד