nikud

See also: Nikud

English

Nikud
ְ   ֱ   ֲ   ֳ   ִ   ֵ   ֶ   ַ   ָ   ֹ   ֻ   ּ   ֿ   ׁ   ׂ

Alternative forms

• niqqud, nikkud

Etymology

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

Noun

nikud (uncountable)

2. 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

• pointing
• vowel pointing

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

1. nominative plural of nikk

Italian

Noun

nikud m

1. nikud

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• nȉkuda

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

nȉkud (Cyrillic spelling ни̏куд)

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