ריח

ריח • (transliteration needed)

1. to smell

Cognate with Aramaic רֵיחָא‎ (reikha), Arabic ريحة‎ (rīħa).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈʁe.aχ/

רֵיחַ • (réakh) m (plural indefinite רֵיחוֹת‎, singular construct רֵיחַ־, plural construct רֵיחוֹת־‎)

1. An odor, scent, smell.
2. (figuratively, chiefly in negative) A trace, residue, iota.

• 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.

• “רֵיחַ” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שֹׁשָן) 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.

• ירח‎

From Hebrew ריח‎ (réakh).

ריח • (reyekh, reyakh) m, plural ריחות‎ (reykhes)

1. scent; smell; odor