# \*plṭ: 'escape, save'

> Proto-Semitic *plṭ, 'escape, save': reflexes in 9 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*plṭ |
| Meaning | 'escape, save' |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3160 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʾaflata, ʾaflaṭa (LGz. 161) | LGz. 161 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | pəlaṭ (LGz. 161) | LGz. 161 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | plṭ (LGz. 161) | LGz. 161 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | palaṭ 'escape' (BDB 812) | BDB 812 |  |
| Punic | plṭ 'deliver' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root plṭ |  |
| Phoenician | plṭ (B 390) | B 390 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | plṭ (Fronzaroli 1965b: 250 apud SEDonline 1593); /pullaṭu/ (UVST 168) | Fronzaroli 1965b: 250; SEDonline 1593; UVST 168 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | p-l-ṭ: ia-ab-lu-te₉-el, a-ḫi-la-ap-la-aṭ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ʾflt; fltn (Al-Jallad 2026, 45); flṭ; flṭ (D) (Al-Jallad 2026, 46) | Al-Jallad 2026 45; Al-Jallad 2026 46 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

LGz. 161 derives Ar. ʾaflata from 'cleave, split, separate'; Ethiopic falaṭa is in 1320; Tna. fäläṭä, SAr. flṭ (Müller 1983, 279 apud LGz. 161).

## Linked from

- [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>)

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