قَتْحَم
ḳátḥam (yéḳtḥom/ľiḳtέḥam)
basic morphological information

v. (VIII)

1. to scratch oneself, to scratch with one’s limb; 2. to scratch oneself continuously
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أحكّ
LS 371; CSOL I 587; ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:542; Bulakh 2024:171
text examples

1.

a. ḳátḥam díˀʸheʰ be-ˀed ‘He scratched with his arm (for instance, on the wall)’ (Bulakh 2024:171)

b. éḳdomk éľľehe di-téḳtḥom díˀseʰ be-feḳréroʰ ḷe-šérhom ‘I saw a cow which was scratching with her neck on a tree’ (Bulakh 2024:171)

2.

a. déme ˁougénoʰ maḷ ˁédoʰ tédom nɛ́ḳneḳ bes kénhom be-ri wa-ˁéŝoʰ téḳtḥom ‘Our daughter went to sleep, and while she was sleeping, the lice on her head began to bother her, and she woke up and started to scratch’ (CSOL I 30:3)

b. ʸhébˁeʰ kénhom dóudhɛ ḳeyhɛn yíte gad wa-ʸhen yéḳtḥem dɛ́hɛr ‘The seventh were the lice – small insects eating the skin, so that the Egyptians were forever itching’ (ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019:542)

c. ŝínik ˁag di-yéḳtḥom ŝérhon wa-ˀídi wa-gad ‘I saw a man who kept scratching his legs and arms and body’ (Bulakh 2024:171)

semantic notes

‘To scratch with one’s limb (be-) on something (ḷe- or unexpressed)’ (1a, b)

‘To scratch one’s limb (direct object) continuously’ (2c)

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