ܪܘܝܚܐ

Inherited from Aramaic רְוִיחָא (rwīḥā) and passive participle of ܪܵܘܹܚ (rāwēḥ, “to widen”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [rwiːxaː]

ܪܘܝܼܚܵܐ • (rwīḥā) (feminine ܪܘܝܼܚܬܵܐ (rwīḥtā), plural ܪ̈ܘܝܼܚܹܐ (rwīḥē))

1. extensive, vast, broad, wide
2. spacious, roomy
3. extensive, expansive, comprehensive, inclusive
4. (grammar) followed by the vowel sign rwāḥā

   Coordinate terms: ܦܬ݂ܝܼܚܵܐ (pṯīḥā), ܙܩܝܼܦܵܐ (zqīpā), ܙܠܝܼܡܵܐ (zlīmā), ܚܒ݂ܝܼܨܵܐ (ḥḇīṣā), ܪܒ݂ܝܼܨܵܐ (rḇīṣā)

• Strictly speaking, the word generally signifies extensiveness, vastness, and spaciousness, as well as openness, not the extent from side to side, which is denoted by ܦܸܬ݂ܝܵܐ (piṯyā) instead.
• (rwāḥā): This is usually used in the feminine form since the name of the letter ܘܲܘ (waw) it is applied on is feminine.

• ܪܘܝܼܚܵܐܝܼܬ݂ (rwīḥāˀīṯ)
• ܪܘܝܼܚܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (rwīḥūṯā)