nikud

See also: Nikud

English

	ְ ֱ ֲ ֳ ִ
	ֵ ֶ ַ ָ ֹ
	ֻ ּ ֿ ׁ ׂ

Alternative forms

niqqud, nikkud

Etymology

Transliteration from Hebrew ניקוד / נִקּוּד (nikúd, niqqūd, “dotting, endotment”).

Noun

nikud (uncountable)

The system of optional diacritics attached to Hebrew letters that indicate vowels and consonant variations.
Hyponyms: segol, shva, hiriq, tzere, patach, kamatz, holam, kubutz, shuruk, dagesh, mappiq, maqaf, rafe

Synonyms

Translations

system of diacritics for Hebrew

Arabic: نِيقُود m (nīqūd), نِيقُود m (niqud)
Finnish: nikkud (fi)
French: nikkudot (fr) m
German: Nikud n
Hebrew: נִקּוּד / ניקוד (he) m (nikúd), נְקֻדּוֹת / נקודות f pl (nekudót) (i.e., the plural of נְקֻדָּה / נקודה (he) f sg (nekudá))
Italian: nikud m
Japanese: ニクダー (nikudā)
Russian: нику́д m (nikúd), некудо́т (ru) m (nekudót), огласо́вка (ru) f (oglasóvka) (for Hebrew, Yiddish, and Arabic)
Spanish: nikud m
Yiddish: ניקוד m (niked)

See also

cantillation

Anagrams

unkid

Estonian

Noun

nikud

nominative plural of nikk

Italian

Noun

nikud m

nikud

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

nȉkuda

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nîkud/
Hyphenation: ni‧kud

Adverb

nȉkud (Cyrillic spelling ни̏куд)

nowhere (with respect to change of position; compare nȉgdje/nȉgde), nowhither