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rough breathings

rough breathings is the plural of rough breathing.

Meaning of rough breathing

Noun

rough breathing (plural rough breathings)

  1. Aspiration on a vowel or semivowel in Ancient Greek.
  2. A diacritic (῾ (h)/◌̔) in Ancient, Medieval and Modern Greek used to indicate this aspiration (or its historical presence), e.g. ἁ, ῥ.

Questions about rough breathings

What is rough breathings the plural of?
Rough breathings is the plural of rough breathing.

Words near rough breathings in the dictionary

  1. rough bentgrass
  2. rough bluegrass
  3. rough book
  4. rough books
  5. rough breathing
  6. rough breathings
  7. rough collie
  8. rough collies
  9. Rough Common
  10. rough cut
  11. rough cuts

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