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*bVhVḳ- - (kind of) skin disease
(SED I No. 33; Kogan 2011: 230)
Words
Hebrew
bōhaḳ
- skin rash
(HALOT 112)
Hebrew
bōhaḳ
- white scurf
(Jastrow 143)
pB.
Hebrew
băhăḳān
- one having an eruption resembling leprosy
(Jastrow 143)
pB.
Syriac
behḳītā
- pimples, pustules
(LSyr. 61, SL 122)
Mandaic
baḳiata
- decay, gangrene
(MD 49)
Arabic
bahaq-
- mild species of leprosy
(BK 1 172, Lane 267)
Tigre
bähaḳ
- blisters
(WTS 267)
In view of no other Eth. parallels can be an Arabism.
Mehri
bəhyōḳ
- a condition in which the sufferer has colourless patches on his skin
(ML 45)
Jibbali
bhɔḳ
- white patches on the skin
(JL 24)
Harsusi
bihōḳ
- the state of having uncoloured patches on the skin
(HL 16)