Proto-Semitic root
*paṭār-
‘loose’
di Mino’s gloss: to loosen, untie, set free; redeem
Record K0289 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Ethiopian *fṭr ‘to shape, create’ (SEDonline 1331): Geez faṭara ‘create’, Tigre faṭra ‘to create’ (HALOT 925); Tigrinya fäṭärä ‘create’, Amharic fäṭṭärä ‘create, invent, lie’, Gurage fäṭärä ‘create’ (LGz. 172).
Reflexes8 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianpaṭāru ‘untie’Anderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr
Northwest Semitic6
- AramaicPṬR (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. pṭr)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr
- Hebrewpaṭar ‘separate’ (BDB 809)
- Ugariticpṭr (HALOT 924)/piṭru/ (UVST 167)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicpṭr (HALOT 924)
- Phoenicianpṭr (B 390)gloss withheld
- Amoritepṭr: paṭarum, paṭirum, paṭrum (Gelb AS 21, 28)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicfaṭara ‘split’ (Lane 2415)Anderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.