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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Aramaic נְטַר (nəṭar, “to watch, guard”), Classical Syriac ܢܛܲܪ (nəṭar, “to watch”), Arabic نَظَرَ (naẓara, literally “to watch”), Biblical Hebrew נָצַר (nɔṣár, “to keep, maintain”).
Pronunciation
Verb
naṣārum (G, a-u, durative inaṣṣar, perfect ittaṣar, preterite iṣṣur, imperative iṣur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to watch over, protect
𒌋 𒂟 𒍝𒁍𒌝 𒊭 𒀀𒁍𒌌𒆷𒁴 𒄿𒈾𒍝𒊒 𒌑𒌌 𒈠𒀜- [ešeret ṣābum ša abullātim inaṣṣarū ul mād]
- 10 ERIN₂ ṣa-bu-um ša a-bu-ul-la-tim i-na-ṣa-ru u₂-ul ma-ad
- Ten men who are to guard the main gate are not enough.
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
|
naṣārum
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| Participle
|
nāṣirum
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| Adjective
|
naṣrum
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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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anaṣṣar
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attaṣar
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aṣṣur
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luṣṣur
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| 2.sg
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m
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tanaṣṣar
|
tattaṣar
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taṣṣur
|
uṣur
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| f
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tanaṣṣarī
|
tattaṣrī
|
taṣṣurī
|
uṣrī
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| 3.sg
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inaṣṣar
|
ittaṣar
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iṣṣur
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liṣṣur
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| 1.pl
|
ninaṣṣar
|
nittaṣar
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niṣṣur
|
i niṣṣur
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| 2.pl
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tanaṣṣarā
|
tattaṣrā
|
taṣṣurā
|
uṣrā
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| 3.pl
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m
|
inaṣṣarū
|
ittaṣrū
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iṣṣurū
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liṣṣurū
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| f
|
inaṣṣarā
|
ittaṣrā
|
iṣṣurā
|
liṣṣurā
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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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- 𒌶 (URU₃, ŠEŠ)
- 𒉽 (PAB, PAP) (proper names)
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- 𒈾𒍝𒀸 (na-ṣa-rum)
- 𒈾𒍝𒊒 (na-ṣa-ru)
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References
- “naṣaru”, 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) “naṣaru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag