Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/rūḥ-
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Proto-West Semitic
[edit]Noun
[edit]*rūḥ-
- wind, gust
- animus, instinctive impulse (Triebwille) as opposed to rationally conditioned impulse (Zweckwille)
Related terms
[edit]- *rawaḥ- (“to have open space or open up, to leave room free, to be forlet; to go out, to lapse, to leave; to breeze, to fan; to pass gas”) (form I)
- *rawwiḥ- (“to widen, to give space to; to relieve”) (form II)
- *harawaḥ- (“to make or allow to go out, to release; to amplify, to inflate”) (form IV)
- *rīḥ- (“emission of gas; smell; flatus”)