رمح

Related to pikes and attacks. Compare Aramaic רוּמְחָא / ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥā), absolute state רוּמַח (rumaḥ), ܪܡܘܚ (rəmuḥ), Hebrew רומח (rómaḥ, “spear”), Ge'ez ርምሕ, ረምሕ (rəmḥ, rämḥ, “spear”), Old South Arabian 𐩧𐩣𐩢 (rmḥ, “spear”), Shehri rúmaḥ (“spear”), Mehri rəmḥāt, rəmēḥ (“spear”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗𐎈 (mrḥ), Semitic loanword Egyptian mrḥ (/⁠murḥa⁠/, “spear”). Possibly related to Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb, “projectile; spear”).

رُمْح • (rumḥ) m (plural رِمَاح (rimāḥ) or أَرْمَاح (ʔarmāḥ))

1. spear
   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :

     اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ

     al-ḵaylu wal-laylu wal-baydāʔu taʕrifunī / was-sayfu war-rumḥu wal-qirṭāsu wal-qalamu

     The steed, the night and the desert all know me / As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen

• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: rim, rimb

  → Central Kurdish: ڕم (rim)

رَمَحَ • (ramaḥa) I (non-past يَرْمَحُ (yarmaḥu), verbal noun رَمْح (ramḥ))

1. to goad, to spear, to lance, to pierce, to thrust

رَمْح • (ramḥ) m

1. verbal noun of رَمَحَ (ramaḥa) (form I)