šakānum

Akkadian
Root
š-k-n
2 terms

Etymology

Compare perhaps הֵכִין‎ (heḵin, “to establish, set up”), hif'il of כ־ו־ן‎ (k-w-n), and 𐎌𐎋𐎐 (škn, “to establish”), Š-stem of 𐎋𐎐 (kn, “to be”).

Pronunciation

Verb

šakānum (class a-u) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to place, put, set
  2. to establish, install, appoint, assign, impose

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive šakānum
Participle šākinum
Adjective šaknum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ašakkan aškun aštakan luškun
2.sg m tašakkan taškun taštakan šukun
f tašakkanī taškunī taštaknī šuknī
3.sg išakkan iškun ištakan liškun
1.pl nišakkan niškun ništakan i niškun
2.pl tašakkanā taškunā taštaknā šuknā
3.pl m išakkanū iškunū ištaknū liškunū
f išakkanā iškunā ištaknā liškunā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒊭𒅗𒀀𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-a-nu-um)
  • 𒊭𒅗𒉡𒌝 (ša-ka-nu-um)
  • 𒃻𒅗𒉡 (ša₂-ka-nu)

References
  • “šakānu”, 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
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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