ريش

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (collective) feathers, quills
2. (collective) feathering, plumage
3. (collective) clothes, attire, exterior
4. (collective) bristles
5. (collective) ribs

Verb

1. to clothe in feathers
2. to grow feathers

Name

The 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet and other Semitic abjads. (ר)

Concepten

veer

🪶

pluim

veder

Vertalingen

plume

🪶

Feder

🪶

pena

feather

🪶

piuma

🪶

tüy

feathers

pluma

plumas

ploma

🪶

piume

pluma

🪶

quill

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/riːʃ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Aramaic רֵישָׁא / ܪܝܫܐ (rēšā, “head”) in the particular sense of “tip, extremity”, hence doublet of رَأْس (raʔs), whereas unrelated to رِمْش (rimš, “eyelash”), as far as we understand, see it.