v. (I)

1. wa-tóˀo taḥtór seʰ tenóˁoŝ díˀseʰ ŝɔb se wa-ˀέhɛn tefóred ‘And when she gets angry, she pulls out her foot—while you are still fleeing’ (CSOL II 18:5)

2. nóˁoŝ kénhi beˁér men ḳayd wa-ˀékob ḥádeb díˀʸheʰ be-ḳayd ‘A camel which had been tied with a rope tore away from me and disappeared (lit. entered the open space) together with his rope’ (Bulakh 2024:151)

The verb is ambitransitive. For its transitive employment cf. example 1. For the intransitive employment see example 2.

Thanks to Miranda Morris, we know that the verb was also used in a specific meaning related to the former circumcision ceremony, namely ‘to grasp the hand of the young man just circumcised and pull him forcibly from the circumcision seat’ (Morris 2022:310)

• natέˁaŝ to slip away from somebody, to escape somebody’s hold