"rough breathing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rough breathings [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|la|spīritus asper}} Calque of Latin spīritus asper, {{der|en|grc|δασὺ πνεῦμα}} Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma) Head templates: {{en-noun}} rough breathing (plural rough breathings)
  1. (phonetics) Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek. Translations (Ancient Greek diacritical mark): δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), дасия (dasija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 粗氣符 /粗气符 (Chinese Mandarin), vahva henkäys (Finnish), spiritus asper (Finnish), esprit rude [masculine] (French), Spiritus asper [masculine] (German), δασεία (daseía) [feminine] (Greek), spirito aspro [masculine] (Italian), spīritus asper [masculine] (Latin), dasīa [feminine] (Latin), przydech mocny (Polish), espírito áspero [masculine] (Portuguese), даси́я (dasíja) [feminine] (Russian), spìritu àguru [masculine] (Sicilian), espíritu áspero [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. (orthography) A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) 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
    Sense id: en-rough_breathing-en-noun-dQ8gbrbk Categories (other): Orthography, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Diacritical marks, Greek Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 14 86 Disambiguation of Greek: 53 47 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spìritu àguru"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Ancient Greek diacritical mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "espíritu áspero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rough breathing"
}

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