šuršum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *šurš- (“root”). Cognate with Arabic شِرْش (širš) and Biblical Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ (šórɛš).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃur.ʃum/
Noun
šuršum m (construct state šuruš, plural šuršū) (from Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms
- šuršu (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- šuršiš (“to/by the roots”)
References
- “šuršu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šuršu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library