Cognate to Hebrew פָטַר (pāṭar, “to set free, to let out, to release, to dismiss”), Aramaic פָטַר (pāṭar, “to cleave, to separate, to free, to discharge”), Aramaic פְטַר (pəṭar, “to free, to release, to dismiss”), Classical Syriac ܦܛܰܪ (pṭar, “to leave, to desist from; to shoot out; to separate, to dissolve; to dismiss”), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎉𐎗 (pṭr, “to split”), hypercorrected Ugaritic 𐎔𐎑𐎗 (pẓr, “to free, to loosen, to let go”), Akkadian 𒃮 (DUḪ /paṭāru/, “to loosen, to detach; to relax, to slacken; to release, to let free; to disperse”), and Ge'ez ፈጠረ (fäṭärä, “to carve; to feign; to create”) which has been borrowed into a second فَطَرَ (faṭara).