דגש

Aramaic

Verb

דגש • (transliteration needed)

1. to pierce, to stab

Hebrew

ניקוד
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Root
ד־ג־שׁ (d-g-sh)

Etymology

Cognate with Classical Syriac ܕܓܫ, Akkadian 𒁕𒅗𒋗𒌝 (dakāšum).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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

1. dagesh (a symbol used in Hebrew script to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative) (ִ◌ּ)

Derived terms

• דָּגוּשׁ (dagúsh, dɔḡuš)
• דָּגֵשׁ חָזָק (dagésh khazák, 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^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 115

Further reading

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

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגֵשׁ.

Noun

דגש • (dogesh) m

1. dagesh (Hebrew diacritical mark)