išûm
Akkadian
| Root |
|---|
| y-š-w |
| 1 term |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *yṯw- (to be). Cognate with Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ (yéš) and Ugaritic 𐎛𐎘 (ỉṯ, “presence, existence”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /iˈʃuːm/
Verb
išûm (G, u, preterite īšu or īši) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to have, own
- to have a claim (against someone)
- (El-Amarna) used as a copulative
Alternative forms
- išû (non-mimated)
| Logograms | Phonetic |
|---|---|
|
|
References
- “išû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “išû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon. An At-A-Glance Akkadian Dictionary of the RINAP 4 Corpus. In: State Archives of Assyria Bulletin, Vol. 19: pp. 29-86
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.