מדעי הרוח

Hebrew

Etymology

מַדְּעֵי (“sciences of”) +‎ הָ־ (ha-, “the”) +‎ רוּחַ (rúach, “spirit”), calque of German Geisteswissenschaften.

Noun

מַדְּעֵי הָרוּחַ • (mad'éi ha-rúach) m pl

1. humanities (the branch of learning that includes the arts, classics, philosophy and history etc.)

References

• “מדע” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• מדעי הרוח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he