ܪܘܚܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Semitic *rūḥ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • (rūḥā) f (plural ܪܘܚܐ (rūḥē) or ܪܘܚܬܐ (rūḥāṯā) or ܪܘܚܢܐ (rūḥānē))

1. spirit, specter/spectre, ghost, demon
2. life, breath
3. wind, vapor/vapour
4. (geography) cardinal direction
5. flatulence
6. smell, odor/odour
7. pain

Usage notes

Though this word is feminine, ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܐ (rūḥā ḏə-quḏšā, “Holy Spirit”), as well as evil spirits, are usually masculine in later Syriac.

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Etymology 2

From the root ܪ-ܘ-ܚ (r-w-ḥ), related to expanding.

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Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • (rəwāḥā) m (uncountable)

1. joy
2. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /o/

Inflection

Etymology 3

From the root ܪ-ܘ-ܚ (r-w-ḥ), related to expanding.

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Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • (rawḥā) m (plural ܪܘܚܐ (rawḥē))

1. space, interstice

Inflection

References

• “rwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-05-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 341a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 533b-534a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, pages 1445b-1446a