parāsum

Akkadian

Root
p-r-s
2 terms

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)

  1. to divide, separate, select
  2. to decide (a legal case)
  3. to keep away, exclude (enemies, daemons, etc. from land, temples, etc.)
  4. to stop, block, cut off

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive parāsum
Participle pārisum
Adjective parsum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg aparras aptaras aprus luprus
2.sg m taparras taptaras taprus purus
f taparrasī taptarsī taprusī pursī
3.sg iparras iptaras iprus liprus
1.pl niparras niptaras niprus i niprus
2.pl taparrasā taptarsā taprusā pursā
3.pl m iparrasū iptarsū iprusū liprusū
f iparrasā iptarsā iprusā liprusā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉺𒊏𒍪𒌝 (pa-ra-su₂-um)
  • 𒉺𒊏𒍮 (pa-ra-sum₂)
  • 𒉺𒊏𒋢 (pa-ra-su)
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