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رُوح

ghost

NounRoot ر-و-ح

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Plural
أَرْوَاح

Most common words from the same root

Noun
رَائِحَة
smell
Noun
رَاحَة
rest
Noun
رِيح
wind
Verb · Form VIII
اِرْتَاحَ
to rest
Verb · Form X
اِسْتَرَاحَ
to be calm
Adjective
مُرِيح
comfortable

رُوح in English

Noun

  1. spirit (all senses), ghost
  2. soul, essence, core or essential aspect required for being
  3. life; spark of life, breath of life
  4. breath, movement of air
  5. motivation, energy, inspiration; the means to be animate or living
  6. gun barrel

Word origin

Etymologically related to Arabic: ريح (rīḥ, “wind”). From Proto-West Semitic *rūḥ-. Cognate with Hebrew רוּחַ (rúakh).

Words from the root ر-و-ح

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

رَاحَ · present يَرُوحُ
Form I · The plain action

to go in the evening; to go; to go away

رَاحَة
Verbal noun
rest
رَوَاح
Verbal noun
evening
رَائِح
Active participle
مَرُوح
Passive participle
رَيَّحَ · present يُرَيِّحُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to ease, to comfort, to relax

تَرْيِيح
Verbal noun
مُرَيِّح
Active participle
مُرَيَّح
Passive participle
أَرَاحَ · present يُرِيحُ
Form IV · Causative

to let (someone) rest; to free (someone مِن (min) from); to release (someone مِن (min) from)

إِرَاحَة
Verbal noun
مُرِيح
Active participle · Adjective
comfortable
مُرَاح
Passive participle
أَرْوَحَ · present يُرْوِحُ
Form IV · Causative

to stink

إِرْوَاح
Verbal noun
مُرْوِح
Active participle
تَرَاوَحَ · present يَتَرَاوَحُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to vary, to alternate; to range (between – بَيْنَ (bayna))

تَرَاوُح
Verbal noun
مُتَرَاوِح
Active participle
مُتَرَاوَح
Passive participle
اِرْتَاحَ · present يَرْتَاحُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to rest, to relax; to find rest; to be satisfied

اِرْتِيَاح
Verbal noun
مُرْتَاح
Active participle · Adjective
comfortable
مُرْتَاح
Passive participle
اِسْتَرَاحَ · present يَسْتَرِيحُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to be calm, to calm down; to rest, to relax, to take a break; to be refreshed

اِسْتِرَاحَة
Verbal noun
reposing
مُسْتَرِيح
Active participle · Adjective
at ease
مُسْتَرَاح
Passive participle
a place of comfort
رَائِح
Form

going, departing

رُوح
Noun
ghost
رَائِحَة
Noun · f.
smell
رِيح
Noun · f.
wind
مِرْوَحِيَّة
Noun · f.
helicopter
رُوحِيّ
Adjective
spiritual
مِرْوَحَة
Noun · f.
fan
رُوحَانِيّ
Adjective
alcoholic
رُوحَانِيّ
Noun · m.
animist
رُوحِيَّة
Noun · f.
spirituality
رَاح
Noun · m.
wine
رَوْح
Noun · m.
refreshment
رَيِّح
Adjective
windy
أَرْوَح
Adjective
more calming
تَرْوِيحَة
Noun · f.
a sitting
تَرَاوِيح
Noun
tarawih
رُوحًا
Adverb
spiritually
مِرْيَاح
Noun · m.
anemometer

رُوح: plural and other forms

Singularرُوح
Pluralأَرْوَاح

رُوح in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

وَتَتَجَدَّدُوا بِرُوحِ ذِهْنِكُمْ،And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;Ephesians 4:23, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَتَبْتَهِجُ رُوحِي بِاللهِ مُخَلِّصِي،And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.Luke 1:47, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَكَانَ رُوحُ اللهِ عَلَى عَزَرْيَا بْنِ عُودِيدَ،And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:2 Chronicles 15:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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