*rks: 'filth, uncleanness'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*rks
Meaning	'filth, uncleanness'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	riks (Lane 1146); riks (LGz. 470)	Lane 1146; LGz. 470	gloss withheld
Geez	rəkʷs (LGz. 470)	LGz. 470	gloss withheld

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Notes

Geez rakʷsa 'be unclean, be impure, be defiled' is the verb (LGz. 470), with Tigrinya räḵʷäsä 'be dirty', Tigre räksa and Amharic räkkʷäsä. Lane 1146 gives riks as i.q. rijs; Leslau calls riks related to riǧs (Ambros apud LGz. 470). Not K0348 *rakās- 'bind'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*rks: 'filth, uncleanness'

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