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Arabic
frγ - to cease, to end the affair
(Lane 2381)
Possibly related to Akk.
parāˀu
‘to slice, to slit’. This is a semantically somewhat daring comparison, but PS *p-r-γ would, in fact, best account for the presence of the “strong aleph” in the Akkadian verb.