annûm

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Aramaic הָ־‎ (hā-, “this”) and perhaps Biblical Hebrew הַ(נ)־‎ (ha(n)-, definite article).

Pronunciation

Adjective

annûm (base anni, feminine annītum, masculine plural annûtum, feminine plural anniātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. this, these

Alternative forms
  • annû (non-mimated)
  • annium, anniu
  • ḫanniu, ḫannû (Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉈 (NE) (Standard/Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒋀 (ŠEŠ)
  • 𒀭𒉡𒌝 (an-nu-um)
  • 𒀭𒉡𒌑 (an-nu-u₂)
  • 𒀀𒉡𒌈 (a-nu-tum) (plural)

Derived terms
  • annânum (“here, from here”)
  • annīkiam (“here, hither”)
  • annītam lā annītam (“one way or another”)
  • annītam u annītam (“various”)

References
  • “annû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “annû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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