រើស

See also: រូស, រាសី, រស, and រស់

Khmer

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ruəs ~ *rəs ~ *rəəs ~ *raas (“to choose”); cognate with Bahnar rơ̆ih (“to choose”), Pacoh rêh (“to choose”), Shwe Palaung ရာရ်ႈ.

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic រើស roes WT romanisation rəəh (standard) IPA(key) /rəːh/

Verb

រើស • (rəəh) (abstract noun ការរើស)

1. to choose, select
2. to find
3. to pick (up)
4. to lift, raise
5. to gather, collect, compile

Adjective

រើស • (rəəh) (abstract noun ភាពរើស)

1. to be partial, willful, choosy, finicky

Derived terms

• ជ្រើសរើស (crəəh rəəh)

Affixed forms

• ជ្រើស (crəəh)
• ជំរើស (cumrəəh)

See also

• ចម្រាញ់ (cɑmrañ)