Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ruħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [ruħe(ʔ)], [ruħɑθɑ(ʔ)], [ruħɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) f ‎(plural rūħā or ܪܘܚܢܐ or ܪܘܚܬܐ or ܪܘܚܐ)

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

Inflection

Usage notes

Though this word is feminine, ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܐ ‎(rūḥāʾ də-quḏšāʾ, “Holy Spirit”) is masculine.

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [r(ə)wɑħɑ(ʔ)]

Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rawħɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [rawħe(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܪܘܚܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܪܘܚܐ)

1. space, interstice

Inflection

References

• “rwx”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-05-29
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 341a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 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, pp. 1445b-1446a