resh

See also: Resh

English

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Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɹɛʃ/

Noun

resh (plural reshes)

  1. The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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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 (first-person singular past tense resha)

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