rough breathing

English

Noun

rough breathing (plural rough breathings)

1. The sound equivalent to an initial "h" before a vowel or an "r" in Ancient Greek.
2. The mark used to indicate the occurrence of the sound: ῾.

Synonyms

• spiritus asper

Antonyms

• smooth breathing

Translations

Ancient Greek diacritical mark

• 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)

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

See also

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