ܪܘܚܐ

From Proto-Semitic *rūḥ- (“to blow, breathe; spirit”); cognate with Arabic رُوح‎ (rūḥ), Hebrew רוּחַ‎ (rûaḥ).

• (Classical Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈru.ħɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈru.xɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈru.ħo]

ܪܘܚܐ • (rūḥā) f (plural ܪܘܚܐ (rūḥē) or ܪܘܚܬܐ‎ (rūḥāṯā) or ܪܘܚܢܐ‎ (rūḥānē))

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

Though this word is feminine, ܪܘܚܐ ܕܩܘܕܫܐ‎ (rūḥā ḏə-quḏšā, “Holy Spirit”) is masculine.

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

• (Classical Syriac) IPA^(key): [r(ə.)ˈwɑ.ħɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrwɑ.xɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrwo.ħo]

ܪܘܚܐ • (rəwāḥā) m (uncountable)

1. joy
2. (grammar, orthography) name of a vowel mark equivalent to /o/

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

• (Classical Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈraw.ħɑ]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɑw.xɑ]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɑw.ħo]

ܪܘܚܐ • (rawḥā) m (plural ܪܘܚܐ (rawḥē))

1. space, interstice

• “rwḥ”, 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, page 341a-b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 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, pages 1445b-1446a