# \*paṭār- 'loose'

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

- Author's gloss: to loosen, untie, set free; redeem
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/K0289_loose.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-TE-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TE-RI/index.md>) (piṭrī): Piṭrī, personal name, 'my release'

## 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).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: paṭāru 'untie' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr]

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: PṬR (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. pṭr) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr]
- Hebrew: paṭar 'separate' (BDB 809)
- Ugaritic: pṭr (HALOT 924); /piṭru/ (UVST 167) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: pṭr (HALOT 924)
- Phoenician: pṭr (B 390) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: pṭr: paṭarum, paṭirum, paṭrum (Gelb AS 21, 28) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: faṭara 'split' (Lane 2415) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pṭr]

---

Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0289/
Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.