resh

See also: Resh

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“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.

Translations

See also
  • Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rāšja, from *rōs-i̯e/o, denominative of Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), Latin rorarii (“skirmishers”), Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)). Alternatively, a secondary formation from rashë (“fell, struck”).

Verb

resh (aorist resha, participle reshur)

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