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Hurrian
Noun
𒅆𒄿𒂊 (ši-i-e /šiye/)
- water
Declension
proposed declension of šiye
References
- C. Frevel, C. Nihan, Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World (2012): šiye; "Cf. Haas, Materia Magica, 142: šiya=na šeḥelli=ve=na" = water of purity, a common collocation in Hurrian texts.
- Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Introduction to Hurrian:
- page 57: "še-ḥe-el-li-wee-na-ša wuu-du-uš ši-i-e-na-ša KBo V 2 ii 26-7"
- page 119: "Since šin-, šind-, and šiya- signify "two," "seven," and "water" respectively, the Hurrian is in some way a translation of the Hittite."
- The Indo-European Elements In Hurrian: "The spirantization of * has evolved to the point of yielding an assimilation to * with the preceding vowel -i-, as in <si-we> = <si-ye> ‘water’. * 103 ‘water, river’ EL šiye <ši-i-e>"