našûm

Akkadian
Root
n-š-'
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *naśaʔ- (“to raise, lift”). Cognate with Arabic نَشَأَ‎ (našaʔa) and Biblical Hebrew נָשָׂא‎ (nɔśɔʾ, “to lift, carry”).

Pronunciation

Verb

našûm (G, i, durative inašši, perfect ittaši, preterite išši, imperative iši) (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)

  1.  to lift up, raise
  2. to carry, bear, support
  3. to transport, deliver
  4. to take, accept, receive

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅍 (IL₂)
  • 𒄑 (GIŠ) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒄕 (GUR₁₇, GIŠ-tenû) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒈾𒋗𒌑𒌝 (na-šu-u₂-um)
  • 𒈾𒋗𒌑 (na-šu-u₂)
  • 𒈾𒋗𒌋 (na-šu-u)
  • 𒈾𒋙𒌋 (na-šu₂-u)

Derived terms
  • maššītum (“carrying, delivering”)

References
  • “našû A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “našû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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