resh

See also: Resh

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raʔš- (“head”). Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), and related to reis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɛʃ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

resh (plural reshes)

  1. The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.

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See also

  • Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rāšja, from *(H)rōs-ye/o-, apparently a denominative of either Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (from *h₁ers- (“to flow; moisture, dew”); compare Latin rōs (“dew”)) or a different root noun *h₁róh₁s (from *h₁reh₁s- (“to run, rush”); compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), Latin rōrāriī (“skirmishers”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)). Alternatively, a secondary formation from rashë (“fell, struck”).

Verb

resh (aorist resha, participle reshur)

  1. (intransitive) to precipitate, fall (rain, snow, etc.)

Conjugation