דגש

Aramaic

Verb

דגש • (transliteration needed)

to pierce, to stab

Hebrew

ניקוד

	ְ ֱ ֲ ֳ ִ
	ֵ ֶ ַ ָ ֹ
	ֻ ּ ֿ ׁ ׂ

Etymology

Root
ד־ג־שׁ‎

Related to Classical Syriac ܕܓܫ‎, Akkadian 𒁕𒂷𒋗.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

דָּגֵשׁ • (dagéš) m (plural indefinite דְּגֵשִׁים‎)

piercing.
dagesh, a symbol used for various purposes in Hebrew script.

Derived terms

דָּגוּשׁ‎

See also

נִיקּוּד‎
Wikipedia article on dagesh
דגש‎ on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

References

Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, p. 115

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