rough breathing

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

Noun

rough breathing (plural rough breathings)

1. (phonetics) Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
2. (orthography) A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

   Synonyms: spiritus asper, dasia, dasy pneuma

   Coordinate terms: smooth breathing, spiritus lenis

Translations

Ancient Greek diacritical mark

• Bulgarian: дасия f (dasija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粗氣符 / 粗气符

• Finnish: vahva henkäys, spiritus asper
• French: esprit rude (fr) m
• German: Spiritus asper (de) m
• Greek: δασεία (el) f (daseía)

  Ancient Greek: δασὺ πνεῦμα n (dasù pneûma)

• Italian: spirito aspro m
• Latin: spīritus asper m, dasīa f
• Polish: przydech mocny
• Portuguese: espírito áspero (pt) m
• Russian: даси́я (ru) f (dasíja)
• Sicilian: spìritu àguru m
• Spanish: espíritu áspero m

See also

• Ancient Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia