ܪܽܘܒܗܳܢܳܐ rwbhnʾ ruḇhānā fox
MP rōbāh [TALE] fox (CPD 72); OP *raupāθa-, OInd. lopāśá- a jackal, fox (Monier-Williams 1899, 904; Hinz 1975, 203); ManParth. rwbʾs /rōbās/ fox (Durkin-Meisterernst 2004, 297; Henning 1937a, 87); NP rūbāh fox (Steingass 591; Horn 139); see also Justi 1895, 267; Mayrhofer OnP 8.1427. The Syr. word was borrowed from the MP plural rōbāhān, hence it is formally a plural, but—if we rely on the vocalization and translation provided by LS—it was felt in Syriac as a singular: see §§ 9.3.2; 11.6 ● BS in BB 1880, 5 ◆ LS 708b; Lagarde GA 81, 209 (according to whom, the internal -n- would be unclear); Duval index pers. 218