Proto-Semitic root
*raʾ(i)š- / *raʾ(i)s-
‘head’
di Mino’s gloss: head; chief, top, beginning
Record 2000 ↗ · SED semet 2185 · Basis: SED
After the slash, the same reconstruction in SED’s alternative notation.
In Linear A2 entries
Reflexes26 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianrāšu OAkk, rēšu OB on [AHw 973]gloss withheld
- Eblaiticrí-še6 /riʔši/ [Kr 46; Bl E No. 79]rí-še₆ /rīS, riʾs₁/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 149)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic12
- CanaaniteMOAB rš [Segert 267], AMARNA ru-šu-nu (with 1 pl. pron suff.) [HJ 1042]
- Mandaic Aramaicriš, riša [DM 434]
- Ugariticrʔiš, pl. rʔašm [Aist 285]
- Biblical Aramaicrē(ʔ)š ‘head, beginning’ (BDB 1112)
- Phoenicianrʔš [T 297]
- Modern AramaicMAʕLULA rayša [Bergsträsser Maʕl 77] MAL raiša [Berg 77] BAH *rayša [Cor 183] TUR rīs,ō [R Ṭūrōyo 118] MLH rišo [J Mlah 188] HRT reša [J Hert 197] NASS rīšä [Tser 0191] URM risǝ [R Urmi 102] MMND rīš, emph. rīša [M MND 505] GZR réša [Nak 84] IRAN *rīša rīšihʸ (suff.) [Pen 120]gloss withheld
- Hebrewrō(ʔ)š (HALOT 1164)
- Judaic Aramaicrēšā [Ja 1477]ryš [DJPA 510a apud CAL]
- Syrian Aramaicrēšā [Brock 728]
- AramaicDALLA OLD OFF NAB rʔš, PLM OFF rš, OFF NAB ryš [HJ 1042]
- PunicrʾšNeo-Punic ršʾ (Krahmalkov 437)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root rʾš
- Amoriteraʾśum? (Gelb AS 21, 29)rāS, raʾs₁: cf. ma-a-ra-su-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 149)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicraʔs- [BK 1 793]
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSAB rʔs1 [SD 112; Sabaweb lemma 4845]gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian10
- Mehriḥǝ-rōh [JM 310]
- Soqotriréy, reʔ, réh, pl. ʔírʔeš [LS 390] (cf. also [SSL LS 1468; SSL 4 96])ri (SLOnline 700)gloss withheld
- Harsusiḥé-rīh, ḥerīh [JH 101]
- Tigreräʔas [LH 155]
- Geezrǝʔ(ǝ)s [LGz 458]
- Jibbalirɛ́š [JJ 201]
- Amharicras, ǝras [K 381]gloss withheld
- Harariurūs [LHar 32]
- Tigrinyarǝʔ(ǝ)si [Bass 151]
- Guragerās (LGz. 458)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.