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Soqotri Lexicon
ڸَاتَع
ḷátaˁ (yeḷátaˁ/ľiľtáˁ)
basic morphological information
v. (Ia)
to kill
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قتل
LS 236; CSOL I 604; CSOL II 529–530; Naumkin et al. 2015a:78; Bulakh 2024:185
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text examples
a. báˁad-aḷ ˁemɛ́roʰ ˁážeʰ dɛ́nˁaʰ ḷetóˁos ˁággi ‘After the woman said this, the two men killed her.’ (CSOL I 4:11)
b. wa-ˀɛ́ti di-kɔn šéʸhi ʸheʰ wa-díˀʸheʰ ḳáḳaʰ tóˀoʰ ḷetóˁoʰ ˁážeʰ be-sabáb bíľeʰ di-bíŝiˀs ‘And he related what had happened with them — with him and his pal: how they had murdered a woman for some worthless things’ (CSOL I 4:20)
c. ˁémer basíṭ ˁémer taˁáḳaḷ ˁeʸh ḫesáraʰ keʰ katénaḥ men ḫesáraʰ teḷátaˁš teḳáṣaf meʸh ri ‘The men said: “Easy! Set a bride-price for him. If he declines your bride-price, kill him, cut off his head.”’ (CSOL II 1:60)
morphological notes
pass. ľítaˁ (yeḷútaˁ or yeḷóutaˁ/ľiľtóˁ)
root
etymology
From Proto-MSA *ltγ ‘to kilľ.