Arabic
riˀat- - lungs
(BK 1 798, Lane 1001)
Cf. also wāriyat-, waraⁿ ‘lung disease’ (BK 2 1526). In these forms, w- could be regarded as a secondary element (a triconsonantizer?) if not for a comparison to Berb. and C. Chad. terms in w- which makes one suppose them to be a vestige of the old Afras. form *wVray/ˀ-.