Proto-Nakh: *=āṭṭ-
Meaning: to break, crack, burst, to be torn
Chechen: =āṭ-
Ingush: =aṭṭ-
Batsbi: =aṭ-
Comments: Cf. also dur. *ʔēṭṭ- id. (Chech. ēṭ-, Ing. eṭṭ-, Bacb. eṭ-). Geminated *ṭṭ in PN is probably expressive (cf. the reduplication *=iṭʷVṭʷ- in PA).