Proto-Semitic root
*ḳtl
‘kill’
di Mino’s gloss: to kill; fight
Record 2498 ↗ · SED semet 3032 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes15 languages
Northwest Semitic6
- Biblical Aramaicḳṭl (CAL s.v. qṭl; Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 9)
- Modern AramaicUrm ḳṭl
- Syrian Aramaicḳṭl (Payne Smith 500)
- AramaicPal ḳṭl (DJPA 486a apud CAL)
- Hebrewqāṭal ‘slay’ (BDB 881)
- Amoriteqatālu: iq-tu-lu (ARM 28, 104: 19), iq-qa-ta-lu (ARM 26/2, 404: 33, 38) (Streck 2000, 110)gloss withheld
Arabic3
- Arabicḳtl
- Modern ArabicLeb ʔǝtǝl, Mec ḳatal, Mlt ātel
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic qtl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 112)qtlmqtl (ptc.)qtl (L)qttl (Al-Jallad 2026, 114)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab ḳtl (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43; Sabaweb lemma 1903)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian5
- Tigreḳätla (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)
- East EthiopicWol ḳätälä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)
- Geezḳtlqatala (LGz. 451)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root qṭl
- GurageCha ḳäṭäräm
- Tigrinyaḳätälä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.