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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Root |
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ר־ו־ח (r-w-kh) |
From Proto-West Semitic *rūḥ-. Cognate with Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʁu.ax/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈru.aχ/, [ˈri.aχ]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈru.aħ/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈruwwaħ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈʀ̟uː.waħ]
Noun
[edit]רוּחַ • (rúakh) m or f (plural indefinite רוּחוֹת)
- Wind, a wind: (a) movement of atmospheric air.
- Air, atmosphere.
- A direction, a cardinal direction: any of north, south, east, or west.
- (Biblical Hebrew) breath
- A person's spirit, soul.
- A person's spirit, mind: his or her desires, emotions, personality, and so on, taken collectively.
- The spirit of something: its core, its essence, its purpose.
- The spirit of something: its manner or style.
- ברוח שנות ה-90 ― b'rúakh sh'nót hatishím ― in the spirit of the [19]90s
- A spirit, a ghost: a supernatural creature.
Declension
[edit]Declension of רוּחַ
Number | Isolated forms | With possessive pronouns | |||||
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State | Form | Person | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||||
singular | indefinite | רוּחַ | first | רוּחִי | רוּחֵנוּ | ||
definite | הָרוּחַ | second | רוּחֲךָ | רוּחֵךְ | רוּחֲכֶם | רוּחֲכֶן | |
construct | רוּחַ־ | third | רוּחוֹ | רוּחָהּ | רוּחָם | רוּחָן | |
plural | indefinite | רוּחוֹת | first | רוחותיי / רוּחוֹתַי | רוּחוֹתֵינוּ | ||
definite | הָרוּחוֹת | second | רוּחוֹתֶיךָ | רוחותייך / רוּחוֹתַיִךְ | רוּחוֹתֵיכֶם | רוּחוֹתֵיכֶן | |
construct | רוּחוֹת־ | third | רוּחוֹתָיו | רוּחוֹתֶיהָ | רוּחוֹתָם | רוּחוֹתָן |
Derived terms
[edit]- אֲבַעְבּוּעוֹת רוּחַ (ava'bu'ót rúakh)
- אורך רוח / אֹרֶךְ רוּחַ (órekh rúakh)
- טַחֲנַת רוּחַ (takhanát rúakh)
- מַדְּעֵי הָרוּחַ (mad'é ha-rúakh)
- מצב רוח m (matsáv rúakh)
- נַחַת רוּחַ (nákhat rúakh)
- קוצר רוח / קֹצֶר רוּחַ (kótser rúakh)
- רוּחַ הַזְּמַן (rúakh hazmán)
- רוח הקדש (rúakh hakódesh)
- רוּחָנִי (rukhaní)
- רוּחַ קְרָב (rúakh kráv)
- רוּחַ רְפָאִים (rúakh refa'ím)
See also
[edit]- מוֹחַ m (móakh)
Noun
[edit]רֶוַח • (révakh) m
Anagrams
[edit]Yiddish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA(key): /ˈʁʊ.əχ/
- (Poylish) IPA(key): /ˈʁiː.əχ/
- (Ukraynish) IPA(key): /ˈʁi.əχ/
Noun
[edit]רוח • (ruekh) m, plural רוחות (rukhes)
Synonyms
[edit]- גײַסט (gayst)
Derived terms
[edit]- רוחיש (rukhish)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]רוח • (reyvakh) m
Descendants
[edit]- → German: Reibach
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- Hebrew masculine nouns with plurals ending in ־ות
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- Biblical Hebrew
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- Yiddish nouns
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