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resh

noun

the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Hypernyms: ↑letter, ↑letter of the alphabet, ↑alphabetic character

• Part Holonyms: ↑Hebrew alphabet, ↑Hebraic alphabet, ↑Hebrew script

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I. \\ˈrāsh\ noun (-es)

Etymology: Hebrew rēsh, literally, head

1. : the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet — symbol ר; see alphabet table

2. : the letter of the Phoenician alphabet or of any of various other Semitic alphabets corresponding to Hebrew resh

II. \\ˈresh\

dialect

variant of rush

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/raysh/, n.

1. the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.

[1895-1900; < Heb resh, akin to rosh head]

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resh /rāsh/

noun

The twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet

ORIGIN: Heb

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resh «raysh», noun.

the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

╂[< Hebrew resh (literally) head]

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resh

obs. form of rush (the plant).

Useful english dictionary. 2012.