# \*pa/itn- 'asp, adder'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: viper, asp, snake
- SED semet 2683
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/2423_asp_adder.md

## In Linear A

- [PA-TA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-NE/index.md>) (Patne): personal name, 'Viper'; rival Ptah-theophoric

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: pätän (HALOT 990), pB. (Ja. 1255) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: pitnā (Ja. 1255), ptn (DJPA 456a apud CAL), Sam. ptn (Tal 718) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: patnā 'viper, asp' (Brock. 618), pattānā (PS 3345)
- Modern Aramaic: N.-Syr. patnâ 'an asp, an adder' (M 261)

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