īnum

See also: inum

Akkadian
Root
'-y-n
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕayn- (“eye”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʕayVn-. Cognate with Arabic ⁧عَيْن⁩ (ʕayn) and Biblical Hebrew ⁧עַיִן⁩ (ʕáyin).

Pronunciation

Noun

īnum f (dual īnān, plural īnū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. eye
    𒅆 𒇷𒈬𒌓𒌈 [īnum lemuttum] ― IGI le-mu-ut-tum ― evil eye
    • 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code‎, The Louvre, Law 196:
      𒋳𒈠 𒀀𒉿𒈝 𒄿𒅔 𒌉 𒀀𒉿𒅆 𒌔𒋰𒁉𒀉 𒄿𒅔𒋗 𒌑𒄩𒀊𒉺𒁺
      [šumma awīlum īn mār awīlim uḫtappid, īššu uḫappadū]
      šum-ma a-wi-lum i-in DUMU a-wi-lim uḫ-tap-pi-id i-in-šu u₂-ḫa-ap-pa-du
      If a free man has blinded the eye of a member of the awīlum class, his eye will be blinded.
  2. spring, well

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅆 (IGI)
  • 𒅆𒈫 (IGI.2) (dual)
  • 𒅆𒎌 (IGI.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒅆𒈫𒎌 (IGI.2.MEŠ) (dual)
  • 𒅆𒄭𒀀 (IGI.ḪI.A) (plural)
  • 𒄿𒉡𒌝 (i-nu-um)
  • 𒄿𒉡 (i-nu)
  • 𒂊𒉡 (e-nu)
  • 𒄿𒈾𒀭 (i-na-an) (dual)
  • 𒄿𒅔 (i-in) (construct state)
  • 𒂊𒂗 (e-en) (construct state)
  • īn lemuttim
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