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daghesh

daghesh is the alternative form of dagesh.

Meaning of dagesh

Noun

dagesh (plural dageshes)

  1. A symbol used in Hebrew script to denote a geminated consonant, or a consonant pronounced as a plosive as opposed to as a fricative.

Forms of daghesh

pluraldagheshes

Questions about daghesh

What is daghesh the alternative form of?
Daghesh is the alternative form of dagesh.

Words near daghesh in the dictionary

  1. Daggs
  2. Daggses
  3. daggum
  4. daggummit
  5. daggy
  6. daghesh
  7. dagheshes
  8. Daghestan
  9. Daghestani
  10. Daghestanian
  11. Daghestanians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daghesh (page history and authors); dagesh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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