Proto-Semitic root

*ʕtw

‘to behave proudly, be insolent; to revolt from obedience’

di Mino’s gloss: to be proud, insolent, rebellious

Record 4412 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A3 entries

*306-TUʿAttupersonal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay)CandidateSemitic43D*306-TU-JAʿAttuyapersonal name, hypocoristic of *306-TU in -yaSpeculativeSemitic1U-TA-I-SEʿUtay-sepersonal name: ʿUtay with the -SE suffix, a recipient of cyperusSpeculativeSemitic1

Reflexes3 languages

Northwest Semitic1

  • HebrewʿĂtāyāh, ʿAttay, PN, from Arb. ʿatā per Noth (HALOT 903)

Arabic2

  • Arabicʕatā, ʕutuww 'to behave proudly, be immoderateto revolt from obedience'ʕātin ‘proud, inordinate’ (Lane 1951)
  • Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ʿty, PN, Ar. ʿatiy (Harding 406)gloss withheld

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon