"dalet" meaning in English

See dalet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɑː.lɪt/, /ˈdɑː.lɪd/, /ˈdɑː.lɪð/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-dalet.wav Forms: dalets [plural], daled [alternative], daleth [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɑːlɪt, -ɑːlɪd Etymology: From Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 (dlt, “door”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-; compare Hebrew דֶלֶת (délet). Doublet of delta. Etymology templates: {{der|en|phn|𐤃𐤋𐤕|t=door}} Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 (dlt, “door”), {{der|en|sem-pro|*dalt-}} Proto-Semitic *dalt-, {{cog|he|דֶלֶת|sc=Hebr|tr=délet}} Hebrew דֶלֶת (délet), {{doublet|en|delta}} Doublet of delta Head templates: {{en-noun}} dalet (plural dalets)
  1. The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Translations (Semitic letter): دال (dāl) [feminine] (Arabic), د (d) [symbol] (Arabic), ܕܠܬ (dālaṯ) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), ܕ [Classical-Syriac, symbol] (Aramaic), ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ) [feminine] (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic), dàlet [feminine] (Catalan), dalet [neuter] (Czech), dalet [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), dalet (Finnish), dalèt [masculine] (French), daleth [masculine] (French), דָּלֶת (dálet) [feminine] (Hebrew), ד [symbol] (Hebrew), dalet [feminine, masculine] (Italian), да́лет (dálet) [masculine] (Russian), dàlet [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dalet (Swedish), דלד (daled) (Yiddish), דלת (dales) (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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