# \*ryḥ: 'smell, odour, fragrance' > Proto-Semitic *ryḥ, 'smell, odour, fragrance': reflexes in 8 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [R](). Updated 2026-10-25. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ryḥ | | Meaning | 'smell, odour, fragrance' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Hebrew | rēaḥ (HALOT 1226) | HALOT 1226 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | rḥ (HALOT 1226) | HALOT 1226 | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | rḥ (Krahmalkov 443) | Krahmalkov 443 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | rīḥā 'smell, odour; pl. perfumes' (Payne Smith 539); rīḥūtā 'fragrance' (Payne Smith 539); rāʾḥā 'odour' (Payne Smith 524); rīḥānā 'spiced, fragrant, aromatic' (Payne Smith 539) | Payne Smith 539; Payne Smith 524 | | | Mandaic Aramaic | riha (HALOT 1226) | HALOT 1226 | gloss withheld | | Arabic | rāʾiḥat, rīḥ (Lane 1182); rīḥat (HALOT 1226) | Lane 1182; HALOT 1226 | gloss withheld | | Geez | rĕḥē (HALOT 1226); rəḥe, pl. rəḥeyāt, (Lt) rəḫe (LGz. 467) | HALOT 1226; T; LGz. 467 | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | rēaḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. רֵיחַ) | HALOT BArm. s.v. רֵיחַ | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes HALOT 1226: probably a primary noun, with the Hebrew hif. verb rwḥ 'to smell' denominative. LGz. 467 sets Geez rəḥya 'emit an odor, be fragrant' with Arabic rīḥa, Hebrew rēaḥ, Syriac rīḥā, Mandaic riha and Ugaritic rḥ. Cf. 1775 \*rūḥ- 'blow, breath; spirit', whose Arabic cell holds rīḥ 'wind' (Lane 1180). ## Linked from - [R]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/r/3527_smell_odour_fragrance/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.