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 (“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 (ʾarmāḥ))

  1. spear
Declension
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)

  1. to goad, to spear, to lance, to pierce, to thrust
Conjugation

Noun

رَمْح • (ramḥ) m

  1. verbal noun of رَمَحَ (ramaḥa) (form I)
Declension
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