Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dagesh lene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dagesh -lene
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lenis

Inflected Forms

dagesh lenes (plural)

Phrases

dagesh forte

Frequently Paired Words

dagesh dagesh forte

Questions

What does dagesh lene mean?: 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.
Where does dagesh lene come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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