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According to Ehret1995, this is the Ar reflex of a bi-consonantal »pre-Proto-Semitic« (pPS, i.e. preSem) root *ḲṬ- ‘to cut’, which in turn is from AfrAs AfrAs *k'âť‑ ‘to cut’. For 3-rad. extension see section DERIV below.

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According to Ehret1995#431, 3-radical extensions from the bi-consonantal "root nucleus" include:

► + »extendative« *‑b => ↗^†QṬB ‘to cut’
► + »finitive« *‑l => ↗qaṭala ‘to cut off, amputate, behead’
► + »partive« *‑ʕ => ↗qaṭaʕa ‘to cut, cut off, lop, amputate’

QṬː (QṬṬ) قطّ / قطط

√QṬː (QṬṬ)

“root”

▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_1 ‘to cut, carve, trim, nib, sharpen’ ↗qaṭṭa
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_2 ‘(n)ever’ ↗qaṭṭᵘ
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_3 ‘cat’ ↗qiṭṭ
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_4 ‘…’ ↗…

♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to snip, clip, rip; edge of a cliff, rim of a hoof; to abate; enough, share, lot; written record; cat; drizzle’

▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_1 : According to Ehret1995#431, qaṭṭa ‘to cut, carve, trim, nib, sharpen’ is an unextended form based on a bi-consonantal »pre-Proto-Semitic« (pPS, i.e. preSem) root *ḲṬ- ‘to cut’, which in turn is from AfrAs *k'âť‑ ‘to cut’.
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_2 : qaṭṭᵘ ‘(n)ever’ seems to be akin to QṬː (QṬṬ)_1 ‘to cut, carve, trim, nib, sharpen’. For details ↗s.v..
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_3 : qiṭṭ ‘cat’ is probably from the same source as Engl cat and its many cognates in European and other langs.
▪ QṬː (QṬṬ)_4 ‘…’ ↗…

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Cf. also ↗*QṢ- ‘to cut off, clip’ and extensions.

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