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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *naśaʔ- (“to raise, lift”). Cognate with Arabic نَشَأَ (našaʔa) and Biblical Hebrew נָשָׂא (nɔśɔʾ, “to lift, carry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
našûm (G, i, durative inašši, perfect ittaši, preterite išši, imperative iši) (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)
- to lift up, raise
- to carry, bear, support
- to transport, deliver
- to take, accept, receive
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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našûm
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| Participle
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nāšûm
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| Adjective
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našûm
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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anašši
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attaši
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anši
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lunši
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| 2.sg
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m
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tanašši
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tattaši
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tanši
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niši
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| f
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tanaššî
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tattašî
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tanšî
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nišî
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| 3.sg
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inašši
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ittaši
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inši
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linši
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| 1.pl
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ninašši
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nittaši
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ninši
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i ninši
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| 2.pl
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tanaššiā
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tattašiā
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tanšiā
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nišiā
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| 3.pl
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m
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inaššû
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ittašû
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inšû
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linšû
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| f
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inaššiā
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ittašiā
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inšiā
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linšiā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒅍 (IL₂)
- 𒄑 (GIŠ) (Neo-Babylonian)
- 𒄕 (GUR₁₇, GIŠ-tenû) (Neo-Babylonian)
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Derived terms
References
- “našû A”, 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) “našû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag