Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/patal-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Verb

*patal-

1. to twist, to twine, to plait

Conjugation

Conjugation of Proto-Semitic/patal- (paʕala)

verbal noun					*patl-
active participle					*pātil-
passive participle					*patīl-, *patūl-
		singular				dual				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	*patalku	*patalka	*patala		*patalkayā	*patalkā	*patalā		*patalna	*patalkanu	*patalū
	f		*patalki	*patalat				*patalatā			*patalkina	*patalā
imperfect	m	*ʔaptil	*taptil	*yiptil			*taptilā	*yaptilā		*niptil	*taptilū	*yiptilū
	f		*taptilī	*taptil				*taptilā			*taptilā	*yiptilā
imperative	m		*patil				*patilā				*patilū
	f		*patilī								*patilā

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒉺𒋫𒇻 (patālum)
• West Semitic
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: فَتَلَ (fatala)
      • Maltese: fettel
      • Kurdish:

        → Northern Kurdish: fetilîn, fitilîn

    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: פָּתַל (pātal)
        • Classical Syriac: ܦܱ݁ܬܱ݁ܠ (patal)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: פָּתַל (patál, pāṯal)
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: በጠለ (bäṭälä)
    • Argobba: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Gafat: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Ge'ez: ፈተለ (fätälä)
    • Harari: በጠላ (bäṭäla)
    • Sebat Bet Gurage: በጠለ (fättälä)
    • Tigre: ፈትላ (fätla)
    • Tigrinya: ፈተለ (fätälä)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Shehri: ftel

References

• “patālu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 270–271
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 170
• H6617 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible