hiriq

{| align="right" class="wikitable" | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white;height:100px"| |- | IPA | style="background:white" |Hebrew: Yiddish: |- | Transliteration | style="background:white" |i |- | English approximation | style="background:white" |Hebrew: skiYiddish: skip |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colspan="2" | |- | colspan="2" align="center" style="background:white"| |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white" | |- | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Other Niqqud |- | colspan="2" style="width:250px;background:white"| |} Hiriq, also called Chirik ( ''  ) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by a single dot underneath the letter. In Modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme which is similar to the "ee" sound in the English word deep and is transliterated with "i". In Yiddish, it indicates the phoneme which is the same as the "i" sound in the English word skip and is transliterated with "i".

== Spelling == When writing with niqqud, the letter yud is often written after the letter that carries the Hiriq sign. This is called ' ( ), meaning "full" (or "plene") hiriq. In writing without niqqud, the letter yud is added more often as a mater lectionis, than in writing with niqqud, The main exception is the "i" vowel in a syllable that ends with shva naḥ. For example the words (series) and (she organized) are pronounced identically in modern Hebrew, but in spelling without niqqud is written because there is a shva naḥ on the letter , and is written .