# dagesh lene

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. 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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dagesh-lene