*rpp: 'to flutter, flap the wings; to twitch, blink; to sway, totter'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*rpp
Meaning'to flutter, flap the wings; to twitch, blink; to sway, totter'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicrafrafa, raffa '(a bird) moved, or agitated, his wings in the air, fluttered'; raffat ʿaynuhu 'his eye quivered, or throbbed' (Lane 1116)Lane 1116
Syrian Aramaicrap 'to move the eyelids, wink, blink; to flap the wings, move gently'; rappep 'to flutter' (Payne Smith 547); rāʾpā 'blinking; fluttering' (Payne Smith 524)Payne Smith 547; Payne Smith 524
Hebrewrpp po. (HALOT 1279)HALOT 1279gloss withheld

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Notes

HALOT 1279 sets Syriac rap, raprep and Arabic raffa 'to quake, convulse, flap, wave' beside Hebrew rpp po. 'to sway, totter' (Jb 26:11); Brock. 740 sets Arabic raffa 'tremuit' beside the Syriac. Not K0381 *rVḫVp- 'hover' or K0365 *razam- 'wink'. Arabic raff 'shelf' is 675, rff 'eat much' 829.

Updated 4 November 2026

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