# \*pty: 'young, inexperienced; youth' 1, 'slave-boy, servant' 2

> Proto-Semitic *pty, 'young, inexperienced; youth' 1, 'slave-boy, servant' 2: reflexes in 3 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 2026-11-03.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pty |
| Meaning | 'young, inexperienced; youth' 1, 'slave-boy, servant' 2 |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | petî (HALOT 989) | HALOT 989 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | fatan, fatā (Lane 2337); fatā (HALOT 984) | Lane 2337; HALOT 984 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic fty 2; Hismaic fty 2; Hasaitic fty 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 47) | Al-Jallad 2026 47 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 984 takes Arabic fatā (ftw/y) as denominative from fatan, which it sets beside petî. Tomback 272 reads Punic hptʾ 'the youth' (CIS I 357); Benz 177 and 396 list PTʾ (RES 1216.4) as a personal name, perhaps short for pth with a divine name. The verb pātâ 'to be simple, gullible; entice' (HALOT 984) is 1667.

## Linked from

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

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