דגש

Aramaic

Verb

דגש • (transliteration needed)

to pierce, to stab

Hebrew

	ְ ֱ ֲ ֳ ִ
	ֵ ֶ ַ ָ ֹ
	ֻ ּ ֿ ׁ ׂ

Root
ד־ג־שׁ (d-g-sh)
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): [dɔːˈɣeːʃ]
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daˈɡeʃ/, [däˈɡe̞ʃ]
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Noun

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

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) (ִ◌ּ)
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Declension

Declension of **דָּגֵשׁ**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דָּגֵשׁ	first	דְּגֵשִׁי		דְּגֵשֵׁנוּ
	definite	הַדָּגֵשׁ	second	דְּגֵשְׁךָ	דְּגֵשֵׁךְ	דְּגֵשְׁכֶם	דְּגֵשְׁכֶן
	construct	דְּגֵשׁ־	third	דְּגֵשׁוֹ	דְּגֵשָׁהּ	דְּגֵשָׁם	דְּגֵשָׁן
plural	indefinite	דְּגֵשִׁים	first	דגשיי / דְּגֵשַׁי		דְּגֵשֵׁינוּ
	definite	הַדְּגֵשִׁים	second	דְּגֵשֶׁיךָ	דגשייך / דְּגֵשַׁיִךְ	דְּגֵשֵׁיכֶם	דְּגֵשֵׁיכֶן
	construct	דְּגֵשֵׁי־	third	דְּגֵשָׁיו	דְּגֵשֶׁיהָ	דְּגֵשֵׁיהֶם	דְּגֵשֵׁיהֶן

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
"דגש" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew דָּגֵשׁ.

Noun

דגש • (dogesh) m

dagesh (Hebrew diacritical mark)