رمح

Meaning

Noun

spear

Verb

to goad, to spear, to lance, to pierce, to thrust

Concepts

spear

lance

pierce

transfix

qiang

halbard

halberd

Swiss voulge

halbert

Translations

Speer

lance

lanza

lança

hallebarde

Lance

asta

lancia

alabarda

Lancia

hellebaard

speer

Speer

alabarda

Etymology

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”).