الروح القدس

Arabic

Etymology

Translation of Ancient Greek ἅγιον (hágion, “holy”) πνεῦμα (pneûma, “spirit”). First attested in Arabic in the Quran at 2:253, in the form of روح القدس (rūḥu l-qudusi), that is as a proper genitive construction.

Proper noun

الرُّوح الْقُدُس • (ar-rūḥ al-qudus) m

1. (Christianity) The Holy Spirit (one of God’s three eternal natures)

Related terms

• أَب (ʔab, “father, Father”)
• اِبْن (ibn, “son, Son”)
• ثَالُوث (ṯālūṯ, “Trinity”)

Descendants

• Maltese: Ir-Ruħ il-Qodos
• → Indonesian: Roh Kudus