𒅆𒄿𒂊

Hurrian

Noun

𒅆𒄿𒂊 (ši-i-e /šiye/)

  1. water

Declension

proposed declension of Å¡iye
singular plural
absolutive Å¡iye Å¡iyella
ergative šiyeš šiyešuš
genitive šiyefe šiyeše
dative šiyefa šiyeša
essive šiya šiyeša
allative šiyeta šiyešta
ablative šiyetan šiyeštan
instrumental šiyae šiyešae
ablative-instrumental šiyeni šiyešani
comitative šiyera šiyešura
associative šiyenni šiyešunni
equative šiyenna šiyešunna
"e" case šiyē unattested

References

  • C. Frevel, C. Nihan, Purity and the Forming of Religious Traditions in the Ancient Mediterranean World (2012): Å¡iye; "Cf. Haas, Materia Magica, 142: Å¡iya=na Å¡eḥelli=ve=na" = water of purity, a common collocation in Hurrian texts.
  • Ephraim Avigdor Speiser, Introduction to Hurrian:
    page 57: "še-ḥe-el-li-wee-na-ša wuu-du-uš ši-i-e-na-ša KBo V 2 ii 26-7"
    page 119: "Since Å¡in-, Å¡ind-, and Å¡iya- signify "two," "seven," and "water" respectively, the Hurrian is in some way a translation of the Hittite."
  • The Indo-European Elements In Hurrian: "The spirantization of *[b] has evolved to the point of yielding an assimilation to *[j] with the preceding vowel -i-, as in <si-we> = <si-ye> ‘water’. [...] *[siwi] 103 ‘water, river’ EL Å¡iye <Å¡i-i-e>"
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