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
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