رمح
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ر م ح (r-m-ḥ) related to pikes and attacks. Compare Aramaic רוּמְחָא / ܪܘܡܚܐ (rumḥā), absolute state רוּמַח (rumaḥ), ܪܡܘܚ (rəmuḥ), Hebrew רומח (rómaḥ, “spear”), Ge'ez ርምሕ, ረምሕ (rəmḥ, rämḥ, “spear”), Old South Arabian 𐩧𐩣𐩢 (rmḥ, “spear”), Shehri rúmaḥ (“spear”), Mehri rəmḥāt, rəmēḥ (“spear”), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎗𐎈 (mrḥ), Semitic loanword Egyptian mrḥ (/murḥa/, “spear”). Possibly related to Old Armenian ռումբ (ṙumb, “projectile; spear”).
Noun
رُمْح • (rumḥ) m (plural رِمَاح (rimāḥ) or أَرْمَاح (ʔarmāḥ))
- spear
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi :
- اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ
- al-ḵaylu wal-laylu wal-baydāʔu taʕrifunī / was-sayfu war-rumḥu wal-qirṭāsu wal-qalamu
- The steed, the night and the desert all know me / As do the sword, the spear, the paper and the pen
- اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: rim, rimb
- → Central Kurdish: ڕم (rim)
Etymology 2
From the root ر م ح (r-m-ḥ).
Verb
رَمَحَ • (ramaḥa) I, non-past يَرْمَحُ (yarmaḥu)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
رَمْح • (ramḥ) m
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (form I)
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)