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The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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ptx verb G
ptḥ vb. a/a to open

G

1 to open Com. ▶ more

--(a) to break bread Man.
2 fig.: to explain, solve LJLA. ▶ more

--(a) to offer an initial(?) suggestion Gal, JBA.
3 to begin (especially a speech or text) JBA.
4 בדינא : to issue a summons (see also s.v. ptyḥ p.p.) JBA.

D

1 to open (plur.) JLAtg, Syr.
2 to correct a physical flaw Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to restore the sight JLAtg, Syr, Man.
3 to explain Syr.
4 to propagate, expand reach Syr.

C

1 to make open up Sam, JBA.
2 to widen, increase dimensions Sam.

Gt

1 to be opened Com. ▶ more

--(a) to originate Syr.

--(b) (city) to be relieved after a siege Syr.

--(c) (female animal) to lose one's virginity JBA.
2 to open something for one's own benefit (?) Nab.

Dt

1 to be opened (plur.) JLAtg, Syr.
2 to have eyes or ears restored to functioning Qum, JLAtg, PTA, Gal, Syr. ▶ more

--(a) to have one's sight restored Gal, Syr, Man.