resh

See also: Resh

English

Alternative forms

• reh
• reysh
• reish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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).

Translations

Semitic letter

• Catalan: reix (ca) f
• Finnish: reš (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hebrew: רֵישׁ f (resh), ר (he) (symbol)
• Yiddish: ריש m or f (reysh)

Further reading

• resh on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• HSer, Her's, Hers, RSeH, Sher, ersh, her's, hers

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Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *rāšja, from *rōs-i̯e/o, denominative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *h₁rṓs (compare Old English rǣs (“running, race”), Latin rorarii (“skirmishers”), Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ἐρωή (erōḗ, “quick motion, rush”)). Alternatively, a secondary formation from rashë (“fell, struck”).

Verb

resh (aorist resha, participle reshur)

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

Related terms

• reshje, reshpe