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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew יָצָא (yɔṣɔ́ʔ, “to go/come out”).
Pronunciation
Verb
waṣûm (G, i, durative uṣṣi, perfect ittaṣi, preterite uṣi, imperative ṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to leave, depart, go out, escape
- to come out, rise, protrude, grow, sprout
- to leave forever, disappear
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Phonetic
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- 𒌓𒁺 (E₃)
- 𒌓 (UD) (Middle Babylonian, Personal names)
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References
- “aṣû”, 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) “(w)aṣû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag