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ʾ r ḥ

26 lemmas · 7 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.T Gen.18.11
Themes:road· طَرِيق · דֶּרֶךְ·3traveller·2wayfarer·2passer·2path·2
POS shape:noun·17verb·8name·1

This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*ʾ-r-ḥProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewאָרַחא ר חto walk together, to accompany
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicארחא ר חto leave, to depart
Syriacܐܪܚܐܐ ܪ ܚtraveller, wayfarer, passer-by
Assyrian NAܐܵܪܚܵܐܐ ܪ ܚguest, visitor
Arabic
Arabicأَرُحْء ر ح
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezእራሕአ ረ ሐpalm of the hand
Tigrinyaኣርሒአ ረ ሐheifer

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 3 lemmas
  • verbinferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 31:35Wiktionary ↗
    to leave, to depart
  • ʔorḥānouninferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 38:21Wiktionary ↗
    ways (mode of being)
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Akin to Old Aramaic 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀 (ʾrḥʾ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוֹרְחָא (ʔorḥā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (ʾurḥā), Nabataean Aramaic 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀 (ʾrḥʾ), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܘܪܚܐ, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארחה, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ (ʿuhra).
  • ʾrḥʾnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    road
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Akin to Old Aramaic 𐤀𐤓𐤇𐤀 (ʾrḥʾ), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic אוֹרְחָא (ʔorḥā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (ʾurḥā), Nabataean Aramaic 𐢁𐢛𐢊𐢀 (ʾrḥʾ), Christian Palestinian Aramaic ܐܘܪܚܐ, Jewish Palestinian Aramaic ארחה, Classical Mandaic ࡏࡅࡄࡓࡀ (ʿuhra).

Classical Syriac

syc · 2 lemmas
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    traveller, wayfarer, passer-by
    From the root ܐ ܪ ܚ related to going or travelling. Compare Biblical Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (ʾôrḗaḥ).
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    road, way, path, journey, course
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-. Synchronically, from the root ܐ ܪ ܚ related to going or travelling. Compare Hebrew אֹרַח (ʾṓraḥ).
    3 derivations

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 5 lemmas
  • ārḥānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    guest, visitor
    Inherited from Aramaic אָרְחָא (ʾārḥā), equivalent to the active participle of ܐܵܪܹܚ (ārēḥ, “to journey, to travel”); compare Hebrew אוֹרֵחַ (oréakh). The first sense developed from the second (now displaced by ܐܘܼܪܚܵܝܵܐ (urḥāyā)); where travelers were regularly treated as guests, and guests from other villages would…
    4 derivations
  • urḥānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    road, way, path
    Inherited from Aramaic אוּרְחָא (ʾurəḥā), from Proto-Semitic *ʔurḫ-; related to Hebrew אֹרַח (orákh) and Akkadian 𒌫𒄷𒌝 (urḫum).
    4 derivations
  • urḥāyānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    traveller, wayfarer, passer-by
    From ܐܘܼܪܚܵܐ (urḥā, “road, way”) + -ܝܐ (-āyā, the attributive adjective ending). Diverged from ܐܵܪܚܵܐ (ārḥā) after the sense where travellers were regularly treated as guests, and guests from other villages would typically travel long distances.
  • mˀarḥānānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    host
    Active noun of ܡܐܲܪܸܚ (mˀarriḥ, “to host, entertain”).
  • irḥēnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    watermill
    Inherited from Aramaic רְחֵא/ܪܚܹܐ (rḥē) with a prosthetic alaph, the absolute form of רַחְיָא (raḥyā); compare Classical Syriac ܪܲܚܝܵܐ (“mill, millstone”), notice both having the feminine gender despite a masculine noun structure; compare also Arabic رَحَى (raḥā, “millstone”) and Hebrew רֵחַיִם (rekháyim, “millstone,…

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas
  • arákhverbattestedT Gen.18.11Wiktionary ↗
    to walk together, to accompany
  • eréakhverbattestedT Gen.18.11Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of אירח
  • oréakhnounattestedWiktionary ↗
    guest, visitor
    2 derivations
  • eréakhverbattestedT Gen.18.11Wiktionary ↗
    To host, entertain, accommodate
  • aríakhnounattestedT Lev.26.31Wiktionary ↗
    tile
  • orkhánounattestedWiktionary ↗
    a caravan (convoy or procession)
  • arukhánounattestedWiktionary ↗
    meal (food that is prepared and eaten, usually as part of one's main sustenance for a day)
  • orákhnouninferredT Gen.18.11Wiktionary ↗
    defective spelling of אורח

Arabic

ar · 5 lemmas

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • ʾəraḥnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    palm of the hand
    From Proto-Semitic *raḥat-.

Tigrinya

ti · 2 lemmas
  • ʾarḥinouninferredWiktionary ↗
    heifer
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔarḫ-.
  • ʾarḥanouninferredWiktionary ↗
    bull
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔarḫ-.

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with ʾ-r-ḥ

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