Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/rīḥ-

This Proto-West Semitic entry contains reconstructed words 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-

emission of gas, whiff, air passing (Luftzug)
odour, smell
flatus

Related terms

*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: ܪܝܚܐ‎ (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 (rḗaḥ, “scent; odour”)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈 (rḥ, “aroma, perfume”)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: rīḥ, reɛ̄ḥ (“hot wind”)
- Harsusi: ryaḥ, rīəḥ
- Shehri: raḥ, iráḥ
- Soqotri: raḥ, ə́rwaḥ
Ethiopian Semitic:
- Ge'ez: ርሔ (rəḥe, “scent, odour”)