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dagesh lene

dagesh lene noun: a small dot put in the middle of a consonant in Hebrew. It originally had the effect of transforming a fricative sound into a stop.

Noun

dagesh lene (plural dagesh lenes)

  1. (Hebrew) A small dot put in the middle of a consonant in Hebrew. It originally had the effect of transforming a fricative sound into a stop.

Forms of dagesh lene

pluraldagesh lenes

Origin of dagesh lene

From dagesh + Latin lēne (“soft, weak”).

Questions about dagesh lene

What does dagesh lene mean?
Dagesh lene means a small dot put in the middle of a consonant in Hebrew. It originally had the effect of transforming a fricative sound into a stop.
What part of speech is dagesh lene?
Dagesh lene is a noun.
What is the plural of dagesh lene?
The plural of dagesh lene is dagesh lenes.

Words near dagesh lene in the dictionary

  1. Dagers
  2. dages
  3. dagesh
  4. dagesh forte
  5. dagesh fortes
  6. dagesh lene
  7. dagesh lenes
  8. dageshes
  9. Dagestan
  10. Dagestani
  11. Dagestanian

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