Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/rīḥ-

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This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Semitic

Noun

*rīḥ-

  1. emission of gas, whiff, air passing (Luftzug)
  2. odour, smell
  3. flatus
  • *rawaḥ- (to have open space or open up, to leave room free, to be forlet; to go out, to lapse, to leave; to breeze, to fan; to pass gas) (form I)
  • *rawwiḥ- (to widen, to give space to; to relieve) (form II)
  • *harawaḥ- (to make or allow to go out, to release; to amplify, to inflate) (form IV)
  • *rūḥ- (wind, gust)

Conjugation

  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: رِيح (rīḥ, whiff; odour)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic:
        • Classical Syriac: ܪܶܝܚܐ (rēḥā, smell; odour)
        • Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܪܝܚ (smell; odour)
        • Biblical Aramaic, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: רֵיחָא (rīḥā, smell; odour)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: רֵיחַ (réakh, rēaḥ, scent; odour)
      • Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈 (rḥ /⁠rīḥu⁠/, aroma, perfume)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Ge'ez: ርሔ (rəḥe, scent, odour)
  • Modern South Arabian: