resh
See also: Resh
English
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹɛʃ/
Noun
resh (plural reshes)
- The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
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’.
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