ቀተለ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew קָטַל, Classical Syriac ܩܛܰܠ, Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Verb

ቀተለ • (ḳätälä)

1. to kill, slay
   • Genesis 12:12

     ወእምከመ ፡ ርእዩኪ ፡ ሰብአ ፡ ግብጽ ፡ ይብሉ ፡ ብእሲቱ ፡ ይእቲ ፡ ወይቀትሉኒ ፡ ወኪያኪስ ፡ ያሐይውኪ ።

     wäʾməkämä rəʾyuki säbʾä gəbṣ yəblu bəʾsitu yəʾti wäyḳätluni wäkiyakis yaḥäywəki .

     When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

2. to commit murder
   • Exodus 20:13

     ኢትቅትል ።

     ʾitḳətl .

     Thou shalt not kill

3. to fight, battle

Related terms

• አቅተለ (ʾäḳtälä)
• ተቀትለ (täḳätlä)
• ተቃተለ (täḳatälä)
• አስተቃተለ (ʾästäḳatälä)
• ቅቱል (ḳətul)
• ቅትል (ḳətl)
• ቀትል (ḳätl)
• ቅትለት (ḳətlät)
• ቀታሊ (ḳätali)
• መቃትልት (mäḳatlət)
• መስተቃትል (mästäḳatl)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ቀተለ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, columns 439-440