erēšum

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Akkadian[edit]

Root
'-r-š
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ- (to plow). Cognate with Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) and Biblical Hebrew חָרַשׁ (ḥɔráš).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

erēšum (G, i, durative irriš, perfect īteriš, preterite īriš, imperative eriš)

  1. to sow, plant, plough and seed
  2. to cultivate (a field)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation
Infinitive erēšum
Participle ērišum
Adjective eršum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg erriš ēteriš ēriš lūriš
2.sg m terriš tēteriš tēriš eriš
f terrišī tēteršī tērišī eršī
3.sg irriš īteriš īriš līriš
1.pl nirriš nīteriš nīriš i nīriš
2.pl terrišā tēteršā tērišā eršā
3.pl m irrišū īteršū īrišū līrišū
f irrišā īteršā īrišā līrišā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms[edit]

Cuneiform spellings
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Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “erēšu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 4, E, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1958, page 285
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “erēšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 77
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns