roh

Abbreviation of English Romansch or Romansh romansch, romontsch,.

roh

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Romansh.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romansh terms

From Proto-Tai *l̩.noːkᴰ (“outside”). Cognate with Thai นอก (nɔ̂ɔk), Lao ນອກ (nǭk), Lü ᦓᦸᧅ (noak), Shan ၼွၵ်ႈ (nāuk), Ahom 𑜃𑜨𑜀𑜫 (nok), Zhuang rog.

• IPA^(key): /zo˧/

roh

1. out; outside

Inherited from Old Czech roh, from Proto-Slavic *rogъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rágas.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrox]

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roh m inan (diminutive růžek)

1. horn (a hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals)
2. horn (any of several musical wind instruments)
3. corner (of a street)
4. corner (the space in the angle between converging walls which meet in a point)

   Synonym: kout

• “roh”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “roh”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “roh”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From Middle High German rō, from Old High German (h)rō, from Proto-West Germanic *hrau, from Proto-Germanic *hrawaz, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂-. Cognate with Dutch rauw, English raw. In Old High German only the uninflected stem was monophthongised to -ō. Various ways of levelling yielded many variants in Middle High German (including rō, rōch, rou, rā). The contemporary form has been standard since the 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /ʁoː/
• Rhymes: -oː

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roh (strong nominative masculine singular roher, comparative roher, superlative am rohsten or am rohesten)

1. raw (uncooked)
2. unprocessed, crude, raw
3. (figuratively) unrefined, rude, brutal

• “roh” in Duden online
• “roh”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

• IPA^(key): /roː/

roh

1. raw

   Rohe Frichte sin gud fer die Gesundheet se halle.

   Raw fruits are good for your health.

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “roh”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

From Malay roh, from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔh]

roh

1. spirit

From Malay roh, ruh, from Classical Malay roh, ruh, from Arabic رُوح (rūḥ). Doublet of arwah.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈroh/ [ˈrɔh]
• Rhymes: -oh
• Syllabification: roh

roh (plural roh-roh)

1. spirit
   1. a supernatural being without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel

      Synonyms: arwah, spirit

   2. (figurative) energy; ardour

      Synonyms: semangat, spirit

   3. the soul of a person or other creature

      Synonyms: arwah, atma, jiwa, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa, sukma

• rokh
• ruh (nonstandard)

• “roh”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈroɣ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈrox/

roh m inan

1. horn

   dosáhnúti někomu živého rohu ― to touch a raw nerve

2. corner

   dáti někomu v roh ― to drive someone into the corner

• Czech: roh

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “roh”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rogъ.

roh m inan (relational adjective rohový)

1. horn (a hard, hollow or solid outgrowth on the head of cattle, goats, or deer)
   • 1778, PT 1778. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     yelen z rohámi ozbrogeny dospeleho weku žhrebcúw prewissuge

     a stag armed with horns [antlers] of mature age surpasses stallions

   tvrdý ako roh ― as hard as nails (literally, “hard as a horn”)

   slušať ako pre sviňe rohy ― to be completely inappropriate, unfit (literally, “to fit like horns for swine”)

   vyvyšovať roh ― to show off (literally, “to raise the horn”)

   zraziť rohy ― to take someone down a peg (literally, “to knock off the horns”)

   mať seno v rohu ― to be a blockhead (literally, “to have hay in the horn”)

2. hoof, horn (of horses or livestock: the keratinous part of the foot)
   • 1769, AP 1769. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     angula: kopito, roh

     angula: hoof, horn

3. (music) horn (a wind instrument originally made from animal horn used for signaling or music)
   • 18th c., MiK 18. st. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     začali diabli strassne ručaty... na rohach trubity

     the devils began to roar terribly... to blast on horns

   trúbiť do jedného rohu ― to sing from the same hymnbook (literally, “to blow into one horn”)

4. horn, container (a vessel made from a hollow horn used for storage, often for medicine or ritual)
   • 17th c., LR1 17. st. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     wsip do rohu krawskeho čisteho a zamass woskem

     pour [it] into a clean cow horn and seal it with wax

5. corner, angle, point (a sharp projecting part or the meeting point of two edges)
   • 1634, T. TEPLÁ 1634. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     odtud zas gest chotar dobransky na roh skaly

     from there the Dobrá boundary is again at the corner [point] of the rock

6. beam, rafter, pole (a long piece of timber or a wooden rod used in roofing)
   • 1716, LIPTOV 1716. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     ma sy rohou, lat narubat a na swu wlasny potrebu obratyt

     he is to hew beams and laths for his own use

7. corner, street corner (the place where streets or paths meet)
   • 1651, KRUPINA 1651. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     dom pri uliczky lazobneg na rohu ležiczy

     a house by the bath lane lying on the corner

8. corner, nook (the space enclosed by two merging walls)
   • 1785, BR 1785. In: Historický slovník slovenského jazyka (Bratislava: Veda, 2000):

     množstwý lámp a swíc bil kosťelník po wssech rohéch powessal

     the sacristan had hung a multitude of lamps and candles in all the corners

• Slovak: roh

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “roh”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

From Proto-Batak *rəh.

roh

1. to come; to attend

• Zufri Hidayat et al. (2015). Kamus Bahasa Simalungun–Indonesia (2nd ed.). Medan: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sumatera Utara, p.197.

Inherited from Old Slovak roh.

• IPA^(key): /rɔx/, [ˈrɔx]
• Rhymes: -ɔx

roh m inan (relational adjective rohový)

1. horn (a hard, hollow permanent growth on the head of certain mammals)

   narástli mu rohy ― to get too big for one's boots (literally, “horns grew on him”)

   ukázať svoje rohy ― to show one's true colors (literally, “to show one's horns”)

   tma ako v rohu ― pitch black (literally, “dark like in a horn”)

   oblámať niekomu rohy ― to take someone down a peg (literally, “to break someone's horns”)

   tvrdý ako roh ― hard as nails (literally, “hard as a horn”)

   Starý baran mal mohutné, špirálovito zatočené rohy. ― The old ram had massive, spirally curved horns.

2. (music) horn (a musical or signaling instrument, originally made from an animal horn)

   Synonym: trúba

   Z hlbokého lesa sa ozval prenikavý zvuk loveckého rohu. ― The piercing sound of a hunting horn echoed from the deep forest.

3. horn-shaped container (a vessel, such as a drinking horn or the horn of plenty)

   roh hojnosti ― the horn of plenty / cornucopia (literally, “horn of abundance”)

   Hostia na hostine pili silnú medovinu z vyrezávaných volských rohov. ― The guests at the feast drank strong mead from carved ox horns.

4. (metonymic) handle, bump, horn (an object or part resembling a horn, e.g., a handle, a bump on the head, spinal horns, etc.)

   Po náraze do dverí mu na čele v okamihu narástol poriadny roh. ― After hitting the door, a proper bump grew on his forehead in an instant.

5. (colloquial) keratin, horn (the hard material of which horns or hooves are composed)

   Synonym: rohovina

   Kôň si na ostrom kameni nepríjemne rozrazil kopytný roh. ― The horse unpleasantly split its hoof horn on a sharp stone.

6. corner, edge, vertex (the point or area where two edges or surfaces meet)

   Synonym: vrchol

   Poznačil si dôležité telefónne číslo na roh novín. ― He noted down an important phone number on the corner of the newspaper.

7. street corner, corner of a building (the external angle of a building or the place where two streets intersect)

   Synonym: nárožie

   na každom rohu ― everywhere (literally, “on every corner”)

   zahnúť za roh ― to turn the corner / to disappear (literally, “to bend behind the corner”)

   Stretneme sa presne o piatej na rohu ulice pri tom starom kníhkupectve. ― We will meet exactly at five on the street corner by that old bookstore.

8. corner (of a room), nook (the internal angle formed by two meeting walls; also a corner of a field or goal)

   Synonym: kút

   V hornom rohu izby si pavúk nepozorovane utkal veľkú sieť. ― In the upper corner of the room, a spider unnoticed wove a large web.

9. (sports, slang) corner kick, corner throw (a play in football or basketball initiated from the corner)

   Synonym: rohový kop

   Domáci tím v poslednej minúte zápasu vybojoval rozhodujúci roh. ― The home team won a decisive corner (kick) in the last minute of the match.

• “roh”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː/
• Hyphenation: roh

roh m

1. alternative form of ruh