# \*ptḫ: 'to pierce; to engrave'

> Proto-Semitic *ptḫ, 'to pierce; to engrave': reflexes in 5 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ptḫ |
| Meaning | 'to pierce; to engrave' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | patāḫu (CAD P 269, AHw. 846 apud SEDonline 1328) | CAD P 269, AHw. 846; SEDonline 1328 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | ptḥ (HALOT 988 apud SEDonline 1328); pittûaḥ (HALOT 985) | HALOT 988; SEDonline 1328; HALOT 985 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | ptḥ (Krahmalkov 409; T 273) | Krahmalkov 409; T 273 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. ftḫ (SD 46 apud SEDonline 1328); Qat. ftḫ (LIQ 132 apud SEDonline 1328) | SD 46; SEDonline 1328; LIQ 132 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | fátăḫ (Jahn 1902, 178 apud SEDonline 1328) | Jahn 1902, 178; SEDonline 1328 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

PS \*ptḫ 'to pierce' (Huehnergard 1991: 694 apud SEDonline 1328). HALOT 988 compares Akk. patāḫu 'to bore into' with Hbr. II ptḥ; Hbr. and Ph. ḥ continue \*ḫ. Akk. derived patḫu 'holed', pitḫu 'perforation, wound' (CAD P 276, 435). Cf. 1014 \*pVtaḥ- 'open'.

## Linked from

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

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