Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hiriq

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hiriq
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, a dot written beneath a letter, indicating the phoneme /i/.

Etymology

From Hebrew חִירִיק.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: חִירִיק

Inflected Forms

ḥiriq (alternative) hirik (alternative) chirik (alternative) khirik (alternative) khirek (alternative) chireq (alternative) hireq (alternative)

Questions

What does hiriq mean?: A Hebrew nikud vowel sign, a dot written beneath a letter, indicating the phoneme /i/.
Where does hiriq come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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