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resh^¹

/ɹɛʃ/

Rhymes with -ɛʃ

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *raʾš- (“head”). Doublet of ras (“Ethiopian king”) and ras (“headland”), and related to reis.

noun reshes · reh · reysh · reish

The twentieth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). It is homologous with Greek rho and Latin r.

Resh^²

proper noun Reshes

A surname.

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noun Semitic letter

Français	rèch, resh
עברית	רֵישׁ resh, ר

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@misc{resh_2026,
  title = {resh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}