šaptum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Cognate wigh Arabic شَفَة‎ (šafa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׂפָה‎ (śɔp̄ɔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

šaptum f (dual šaptān, plural šapātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. lip
  2. utterance, speech, command
  3. rim, edge

Inflection
Declension
singular dual plural
Nominative šaptum šaptān šapātum
Genitive šaptim šaptīn šapātim
Accusative šaptam šaptīn šapātim
Construct state šapat
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. Not all of the entries may be attested.

Alternative forms
  • šaptu (non-mimated)
  • šabdu (occasionally)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅻 (NUNDUM, NUNDUN)
  • 𒅾 (SUN₄, SU₆) (occasionally)
  • 𒊭𒀊𒌈 (ša-ap-tum)

References
  • “šaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
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