Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

Barry for the win! Friends, please let me refresh your memories on the foreign-loan word practice we discussed in 2016

Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

Hi everyone, See the Hebrew Academy entry for דיוקן: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hebrew-academy.org.il/keyword/**Q/__;15PWvNaw15nXlda516fWuNef!!KGKeukY!ww3iAMDr4X12oA40D8tgesIPT9QLpuO4lWqbv7hQqLxnYiUp7wBVHdkpXszO8TT7QJ-yG9N-0Yi3G1e8WmData3dowoGm8tb$ Rachel From: Heb-naco on behalf

Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

Isn’t it because it’s a foreign-derived word? Barry On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 9:39 AM Frau-Cortes, Neil via Heb-naco < heb-naco@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > For what it’s worth, Morfix/Rav Milim has a sheva and of course a daguesh > on the dalet. As for Dyok. an, I know this is not about intuitiveness o

Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

For what it’s worth, Morfix/Rav Milim has a sheva and of course a daguesh on the dalet. As for Dyok.an, I know this is not about intuitiveness or being user-friendly, but this double consonant at the beginning of a word looks extremely odd, no matter if you consider the second one a semi-conson

Re: [Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

Hi, I don't have access to E-S at home so I checked my Alkalay: It shows דיוקן with a Sheva under the ד. Does it appear in E-S with or without a Sheva under the ד? If it appears with a Sheva what is the grammatical reason for the romanization is to be "dyoḳan". Thanks, Heidi

[Heb-NACO] romanization: דיוקן

Hi, a friendly reminder that the above (foreign loan) word is romanized dyoḳan (not deyoḳan). For the 24 libraries with holdings on on 1293219371 (דיוקן של פרשן ר' אברהם אבן עזרא), you may wish to update your local records. The word is found in the Romanization FAQ