Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/raʔš-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*raʔš-

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Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒊕 (rēšu [SAG])
- Eblaite: 𒌷𒉈 (rí-še₆ /riʔši/ [URU.NE])
Central Semitic:
- Arabic: رَأْس‎ (raʾs)
  - Egyptian Arabic: راس‎ (rās)
  - Gulf Arabic: راس‎ (rās)
  - Maltese: ras
- Aramaic:
  Syriac: ܪܝܫܐ‎ (rēšā)
  
  Hebrew: רֵישָׁא‎ (rēšā)
- Hebrew: רֹאשׁ‎ (rōš), רָאשִׁים‎ pl (rāšīm), רֵאשִׁית‎ (rēšīṯ, “beginning”), רִאשׁוֹן‎ (rīšōn, “first”)
- Phoenician: 𐤓𐤀𐤔‎ (rʾš)
- Moabite: 𐤓𐤔‎ (rš)
South Semitic:
- Amharic: ራስ (ras)
- Epigraphic South Arabian: 𐩧𐩱𐩪‎ (rʾs)
  - Sabaean: 𐩧𐩱𐩪‎ (rʾs)
- Ge'ez: ርእስ (rəʾs)
- Tigre: ረኣስ (räʾas)
- Tigrinya: ርእሲ (rǝʾsi)
- Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎛𐎌 (rỉš /raʾšu/)

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