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رُمْح

spear /ˈrumħ/

nounB2#4379 most common

Also: lance, javelin

Example sentences

هَذَا رُمْحٌ طَوِيلٌ.

This is a long spear.

يَحْمِلُ الجُنْدِيُّ رُمْحًا.

The soldier carries a spear.

اسْتَخْدَمَ الفَارِسُ رُمْحَهُ لِلدِّفَاعِ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ.

The knight used his spear to defend himself.

كَانَتِ الرِّمَاحُ سِلاحًا شَائِعًا فِي الحُرُوبِ القَدِيمَةِ.

Spears were a common weapon in ancient wars.

فَازَ الرِّياضِيُّ بِالمِيدَالِيَةِ الذَّهَبِيَّةِ فِي مُسَابَقَةِ رَمْيِ الرُّمْحِ.

The athlete won the gold medal in the javelin-throw event.

وَصَفَ الشَّاعِرُ الجَاهِلِيُّ رُمْحَهُ بِأَنَّهُ يَلْمَعُ كَالبَرْقِ فِي سَاحَةِ الوَغَى.

The pre-Islamic poet described his spear as gleaming like lightning on the battlefield.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	رُمْحٌ	رِمَاحٌ
Genitive	رُمْحٍ	رِمَاحٍ
Accusative	رُمْحًا	رِمَاحًا
Vocative	يَا رُمْحُ	يَا رِمَاحُ

Word family

رِمَاحspears (plural)

رَمَّاحspearman, lancer

رُمَيْحsmall spear, javelin (diminutive)

رَمَحَto kick (of a horse); to spear

Etymology

رُمْح comes from the Semitic root ر-م-ح, tied to piercing or striking with a shafted weapon. The same root appears in Hebrew רֹמַח (romaḥ), also meaning spear, which points to a shared Proto-Semitic origin. The word is not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.

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