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PCS
*rīr-, *rayr- - saliva
(SED I No. 234; Kogan 2011: 226)
Words
Hebrew
rīr
- spittle, mucus
(HALOT 1229)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
rīrā
- saliva, liquid secretion
(DJBA 1078)
Syriac
rīrā
- saliva, spittle
(LSyr. 727, SL 1462)
Mandaic
rira
- spittle, slaver, saliva
(MD 434)
Arabic
rayr-, rīr-
- saliva of a child
(BK 1 961, Lane 1200)