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geresh

geresh noun: the symbol "׳", that serves as a diacritical mark that modifies the pronunciation of several letters, or as a punctuation mark that marks abbreviations or numerals, in Hebrew.

Noun

geresh (plural gershayim)

  1. The symbol "׳", that serves as a diacritical mark that modifies the pronunciation of several letters, or as a punctuation mark that marks abbreviations or numerals, in Hebrew.

Forms of geresh

pluralgershayim

Origin of geresh

From Hebrew גֶּרֶשׁ (géresh).

Questions about geresh

What does geresh mean?
Geresh means the symbol "׳", that serves as a diacritical mark that modifies the pronunciation of several letters, or as a punctuation mark that marks abbreviations or numerals, in Hebrew.
What part of speech is geresh?
Geresh is a noun.
What is the plural of geresh?
The plural of geresh is gershayim.

Words near geresh in the dictionary

  1. gerent
  2. gerents
  3. gerenuk
  4. gerenuks
  5. Geres
  6. geresh
  7. Gerety
  8. Geretys
  9. gerfalcon
  10. gerfalcons
  11. gergelim

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