ῥᾶ

See also: ῥα, ῥά, ΡΑ΄, and ρα΄

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥âː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ra/

Etymology 1

Perhaps inherited from Proto-Hellenic *wrāha or *wrāja. Further etymology unknown.

Adverb

ῥᾶ • (rhâ)

alternative form of ῥεῖα (rheîa)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ῥᾶ • (rhâ) n (indeclinable)

rhubarb

Further reading

“ῥᾶ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ῥᾶ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette