*pṭn: 'to perceive, understand; to be intelligent'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*pṭn
Meaning'to perceive, understand; to be intelligent'
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Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicfaṭina 'he was, became, intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious, or skilful'; faṭantu l-šayʾa 'I understood, or knew, the thing'; faṭin 'intelligent, understanding, knowing, sagacious'; fiṭnat 'intelligence, understanding, knowledge, sagacity' (Lane 2418)Lane 2418
Syrian Aramaicpṭan 'to perceive, understand'; peṭnā 'good sense, understanding'; pāṭūnā 'prudent, discreet, wise' (Payne Smith 442)Payne Smith 442

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Notes

Brockelmann compares Arabic faṭana 'intellexit' and cites the Syriac nouns from Isaac of Antioch and Jacob of Sarug (Brock. 564). Not SA018 *pṭn 'assign land to s.o' (Sab fṭn; Biella 402 compares Arabic faṭana); not 3304 *ptn 'to test, try'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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