رُوحٌ soul in Arabic
رُوحٌ is how you say “soul” in Arabic.
Root ر و ح r-w-ḥ. noun (substantive). rūḥ.
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Meaning of soul in Arabic
- soul, spirit
Example sentence
فالصلاة والصيام والزكاة والحج، وإن كانت مشقة على البدن، فإنها راحة للقلب، وطهارة للروح
Prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage, though burdensome on the body, are comfort for the heart and purification for the soul.
لِلرُّوحِ for the soul
A noun bundling the 'for' prefix with 'the', 'for the soul', naming who the purification benefits. The prefix governs it into the genitive, bundling preposition, article, and noun together.
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How it is used
رُوحٌ is the standard classical term for the soul or spirit. It belongs to the ر و ح root family, whose other members cluster around wind, coolness, and repose — رِيحٌ "wind", رَوْحٌ "coolness, comfort", and رَاحَةٌ "rest, relief" — while رُوحٌ itself carries the distinct sense of "soul."
Words from the same root
- رِيحٌ wind (from the verb's sense 'it was violently windy')
- رَوْحٌ coolness, comfort brought by wind
- رَاحَةٌ rest, relief, ease (after distress)
- رَوَاحٌ going out or departing in the evening/afternoon
- رَاحٌ briskness, liveliness, alacrity
More example sentences
اذهبوا إلى عيسى، فيأتون عيسى، فيقولون يا عيسى أنت رسول الله وكلمته ألقاها إلى مريم وروح منه ،
Go to Jesus; then they come to Jesus, then they say, O Jesus, you are the Messenger of God, His word He cast into Mary, and a spirit from Him.
وَرُوحٌ and a spirit
'wa-' adds a further description and the noun stays indefinite, no 'the', so it reads 'and a spirit', presenting something unspecified rather than a known one. The bareness is what signals 'a' over 'the'.
Common questions
- How do you say "soul" in Arabic?
- رُوحٌ (rūḥ).
- Is رُوحٌ related to رِيحٌ "wind"?
- Yes — both come from the root ر و ح, though رِيحٌ specifically means "wind" while رُوحٌ means "soul, spirit."
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).