# \*nVwVḫ-: 'be extended, stretched out, repose; be long'

> Proto-Semitic *nVwVḫ-, 'be extended, stretched out, repose; be long': reflexes in 14 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVwVḫ- |
| Meaning | 'be extended, stretched out, repose; be long' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1846 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | nwḫ |  | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | nâḫu A (CAD N/1 143); nēḫiš (CAD N/2 150) | CAD N/1 143; CAD N/2 150 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | näwwäḥa |  | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | niaha |  |  |
| Ugaritic | nwḫ |  |  |
| Geez | nwḫ, nuḫat |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nwḥ: nûaḥ qal; hif.; nīḥōaḥ (HALOT 679, 696) | HALOT 679, 696 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | nwḥ 'to rest, cease' (Payne Smith 331); nīḥāʾīt 'gently, placidly, softly' (Payne Smith 338) | Payne Smith 331; Payne Smith 338 |  |
| Tigrinya | näwwiḥ |  | gloss withheld |
| Punic | Neo-Punic mnḥt (Krahmalkov 295) | Krahmalkov 295 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | nḥ (Krahmalkov 327); mnḥ (T 186); ynḥ (T 212); nḥt (T 213); mnḥt (Krahmalkov 295) | Krahmalkov 327; T 186; T 212; T 213; Krahmalkov 295 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | nwḫ: janūḫ, nāḫum, nīḫum, nīḫatum (Gelb AS 21, 28); tanūḫ (Buck 2019, 330) | Gelb AS 21 28; Buck 2019, 330 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | nwḥ (HALOT 679) | HALOT 679 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | nuḫti (HALOT 679) | HALOT 679 |  |

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## Linked from

- [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>)

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