ריח
Aramaic edit
Verb edit
ריח • (transliteration needed)
- to smell
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
| Root |
|---|
| ר־י־ח (r-y-ḥ) |
Cognate with Aramaic רֵיחָא (reikha), Arabic رَائِحَة (rāʔiḥa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʁe.aχ/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): [ˈʀ̟eː.jäħ]
Audio (file)
Noun edit
רֵיחַ • (réakh) m (plural indefinite רֵיחוֹת, singular construct רֵיחַ־, plural construct רֵיחוֹת־)
Usage notes edit
- In addition to the plural forms רֵיחוֹת and רֵיחוֹת־ given above, the plural forms רֵיחִים and רֵיחֵי־ are attested since the Middle Ages; they are much less common, however.
Derived terms edit
- אַל־רֵיחַ (al-réakh)
- על טעם וריח אין להתווכח / עַל טַעַם וְרֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ (al ta'ám v'réakh en l'hitvakéach)
References edit
- H7381 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “רֵיחַ” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם) (1984), →ISBN, volume 3 of 3 (ק to ת), page 1277.