# \*pVwVḥ- ~ \*pVḥḥ-: 'to breath, blow, spread (smell)'

> Proto-Semitic *pVwVḥ- ~ *pVḥḥ-, 'to breath, blow, spread (smell)': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pVwVḥ- ~ \*pVḥḥ- |
| Meaning | 'to breath, blow, spread (smell)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1169 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | fḥḥ 'to hiss (said of snakes); to whistle while sleeping (said of a man)' \[BK 2 547\]; fwḥ 'to spread perfume (said of an aroma)', II 'to exhale (a smell)' \[ibid. 644\] | BK 2 547; BK 644 |  |
| Tigre | fǝḥot \[LH 654\] | LH 654 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | pwḥ (HALOT 916, 917), ypḥ (hitp) (HALOT 424); PB paḥ, pǝḥī \[Ja 1151, 1152\] | HALOT 916, 917; HALOT 424; Ja 1151, 1152 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | pwḥ 'to blow, evaporate' \[Ja 1140\]. | Ja 1140 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | pāḥ 'blew, breathed; breathed again, rested; gave off a scent (odor)' \[Brock 559\] | Brock 559 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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