šanānum

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Akkadian

Root
š-n-n
1 term

Pronunciation

Verb

šanānum (G, a-u, durative išannan, perfect ištanan, preterite išnun, imperative šunun) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to be equal, match, rival

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive šanānum
Participle šāninum
Adjective šannum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ašannan aštanan ašnun lušnun
2.sg m tašannan taštanan tašnun šunun
f tašannanī taštannī tašnunī šunnī
3.sg išannan ištanan išnun lišnun
1.pl nišannan ništanan nišnun i nišnun
2.pl tašannanā taštannā tašnunā šunnā
3.pl m išannanū ištannū išnunū lišnunū
f išannanā ištannā išnunā lišnunā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

  • “šanānu”, 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) “šanānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag