rough breathing

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Etymology

Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).

Noun

rough breathing (plural rough breathings)

1. (phonetics) Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
2. (orthography) A diacritic (῾/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

   Synonyms: spiritus asper, dasia, dasy pneuma

   Coordinate terms: smooth breathing, spiritus lenis

Translations

Ancient Greek diacritical mark

Chinese: Mandarin: 粗氣符 / 粗气符 Finnish: vahva henkäys, spiritus asper French: esprit rude (fr) m German: Spiritus asper (de) m Greek: δασεία (el) f (daseía) Ancient Greek: δασὺ πνεῦμα n (dasù pneûma) Italian: spirito aspro m Latin: spīritus asper m, dasīa f Polish: przydech mocny Portuguese: espírito áspero (pt) m Russian: даси́я (ru) f (dasíja) Sicilian: spìritu àguru m Spanish: espíritu áspero m

See also

• Ancient Greek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ayin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia