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Hebrew
Etymology
מַדְּעֵי (“sciences of”) + הָ־ (ha-, “the”) + רוּחַ (rúach, “spirit”), calque of German Geisteswissenschaften.
Noun
מַדְּעֵי הָרוּחַ • (mad'éi ha-rúach) m pl
- humanities (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)
References
- “מדע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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