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*rV̄ḥ - wind
(Fronzaroli 1965a: 139, 145; Kogan 2011: 193; Bulakh 2005b:415‒420)
see also
*rwḥ
- to blow
Words
Ugaritic
rḥ
- gust, breath; wind; aroma
(DUL 736)
Hebrew
rūaḥ
- breeze; breath; wind
(HALOT 1197)
Hebrew
rēaḥ
- odour, fragrance
(HALOT 1226)
Syriac
rūḥā
- wind; spirit; blowing
(LSyr. 718, SL 1445)
Syriac
riḥā
- smell; wind
(LSyr. 272, SL 1461)
Turoyo
ruḥo
- Seele, Geist, Lebensgeist (soul, spirit)
(RW 446)
Arabic
rīḥ-
- wind
(Lane 1180)
Arabic
rūḥ-
- the soul, spirit
(Lane 1180)
Geez
rəḥe
- flavor, odor
(CDG 467; Bulakh 2005: 415–420)
Mehri
rīḥ
- hot wind
(ML 333)
Jibbali
iráḥ
- hot west summer wind
(JL 218)
Soqotri
raḥ
- wind
(
LS
395;
CSOL I
634;
CSOL II
568;
Naumkin et al. 2015a
:82;
Naumkin et al. 2022
:272)