Kubutz and shuruk (original) (raw)

Kubutz or qubbutz (modern Hebrew: קֻבּוּץ; IPA: [kuˈbuts], formerly קִבּוּץ‎, qībūṣ) and shuruk (Hebrew: שׁוּרוּק, IPA: [ʃuˈʁuk]) are two Hebrew niqqud vowel signs that represent the sound [u]. In an alternative, Ashkenazi naming, the kubutz (three diagonal dots) is called "shuruk" and shuruk is called "melopum" (מלאפום‎).