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.

OriginLatin lēne →
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Meanings

noundagesh lene (plural dagesh lenes)

plural dagesh lenes

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

Origin

  1. Latinlēne“soft, weak”
  2. Englishdagesh lene

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

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dagesh lene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dagesh%20lene

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