nasāḫum

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Akkadian

Root
n-s-ḫ
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic نَسَخَ (nasaḵa, “to abolish, delete”) and Biblical Hebrew נָסַח (nɔsáḥ, “to pull, tear away”).

Pronunciation

Verb

nasāḫum (G, a-u, durative inassaḫ, perfect ittasaḫ, preterite issuḫ, imperative usuḫ) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to tear out, pull out, uproot, dig up
  2. to remove, take away, exterminate, wipe out, clear out, pull off, eradicate
  3. to reject, expel, deport, transfer, remove, evacuate
  4. to withdraw (money)
  5. to raise (taxes)
  6. (Old Babylonian, mathematics) to subtract
  7. to set out, depart
  8. to pass, elapse (time)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive nasāḫum
Participle nāsiḫum
Adjective nasḫum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg anassaḫ attasaḫ assuḫ lussuḫ
2.sg m tanassaḫ tattasaḫ tassuḫ usuḫ
f tanassaḫī tattasḫī tassuḫī usḫī
3.sg inassaḫ ittasaḫ issuḫ lissuḫ
1.pl ninassaḫ nittasaḫ nissuḫ i nissuḫ
2.pl tanassaḫā tattasḫā tassuḫā usḫā
3.pl m inassaḫū ittasḫū issuḫū lissuḫū
f inassaḫā ittasḫā issuḫā lissuḫā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

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References

  • “nasaḫu”, 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) “nasaḫu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 610
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