# \*ḳtl 'kill'

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

- Author's gloss: to kill; fight
- SED semet 3032
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/2498_kill.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-TI-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-JU/index.md>) (Qātilu): Qātilu (personal name), 'killer'; rival Hurrian Katiya 'He/She said'

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Biblical Aramaic: ḳṭl (CAL s.v. qṭl; Kogan 2015, ch. 6 §4 no. 9)
- Modern Aramaic: Urm ḳṭl
- Syrian Aramaic: ḳṭl (Payne Smith 500)
- Aramaic: Pal ḳṭl (DJPA 486a apud CAL)
- Hebrew: qāṭal 'slay' (BDB 881)
- Amorite: qatālu: iq-tu-lu (ARM 28, 104: 19), iq-qa-ta-lu (ARM 26/2, 404: 33, 38) (Streck 2000, 110) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḳtl
- Modern Arabic: Leb ʔǝtǝl, Mec ḳatal, Mlt ātel
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic qtl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 112); qtl; mqtl (ptc.); qtl (L); qttl (Al-Jallad 2026, 114) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ḳtl (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43; Sabaweb lemma 1903) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: ḳätla (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)
- East Ethiopic: Wol ḳätälä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)
- Geez: ḳtl; qatala (LGz. 451) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qṭl]
- Gurage: Cha ḳäṭäräm
- Tigrinya: ḳätälä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 43)

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