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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Aramaic ܦܪܛ (“divide, split”) and Biblical Hebrew פָּרַס (pɔrás, “to slice, to cut”). Compare also Arabic فَرَسَ (farasa, “to tear up”).
Pronunciation
Verb
parāsum (G, a-u, durative iparras, perfect iptaras, preterite iprus, imperative purus)
- to divide, separate, select
- to decide (a legal case)
- to keep away, exclude (enemies, daemons, etc. from land, temples, etc.)
- to stop, block, cut off
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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parāsum
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| Participle
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pārisum
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| Adjective
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parsum
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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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aparras
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aptaras
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aprus
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luprus
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| 2.sg
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m
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taparras
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taptaras
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taprus
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purus
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| f
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taparrasī
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taptarsī
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taprusī
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pursī
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| 3.sg
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iparras
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iptaras
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iprus
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liprus
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| 1.pl
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niparras
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niptaras
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niprus
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i niprus
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| 2.pl
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taparrasā
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taptarsā
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taprusā
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pursā
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| 3.pl
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m
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iparrasū
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iptarsū
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iprusū
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liprusū
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| f
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iparrasā
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iptarsā
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iprusā
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liprusā
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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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- 𒉺𒊏𒍪𒌝 (pa-ra-su₂-um)
- 𒉺𒊏𒍮 (pa-ra-sum₂)
- 𒉺𒊏𒋢 (pa-ra-su)
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