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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
pirḳā, pirḳətā, purḳətā - joint
(Jastrow 1171, 1240)
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PWS
*pi/arḳ-at-, pi/aḳr-at-
- neck, vertebra, occiput
(SED I No. 219)
Two reconstructed stems are related metathetically; otherwise to be treated as two separate roots eventually related.