Proto-Semitic root
*qVṭVʿ-
‘cut’, ‘finish, be finished’, ‘be spent’
di Mino’s gloss: to cut off, sever, divide; cease, end
Record K0337 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
Akk -t- < *-ṭ- because of the incompatibility of two emphatics.
Reflexes10 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadianqatû (CAD Q 177)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- AramaicQṬʿ (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. qṭʿ)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root qṭʿ
- Syrian Aramaicqṭaʕ (Payne Smith 501; HALOT 1124)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicqəṭaʿ, Pa. qaṭṭaʿ (Jastrow 1351; HALOT 1124; DJPA 487b apud CAL)gloss withheld
- HebrewMHeb. qāṭaʿ (Jastrow 1351)II qṣʿ, pu. məquṣṣāʿôt (Ex 26:23; HALOT 1124)gloss withheld
- Ugariticqṣʿt, < *qṭʿ (DULAT 705)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicgṭa (DM 87)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicqaṭaʕa ‘cut’qṭʕ ‘be spent’Anderson–Moser 2024 root qṭʿ
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab qṣʿ (Biella 464)qṣʿ, mqṣʿ (SD 109)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Mehriḳáwṭamǝḳṭāt (Rubin 2018 150, 828)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.