peṣûm

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Akkadian

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Root
p-ṣ-y
1 term

Etymology

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Maybe related to Proto-Semitic *p-ṣ-ḥ (to be bright).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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peṣûm (feminine peṣītum, masculine plural peṣûtum, feminine plural peṣiātum, predicative peṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. white, pale, bleached
  2. (plots of land) cleared, empty

Alternative forms

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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

See also

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Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)
     𒌓 (peṣûm)           𒈪 (ṣalmum)
             𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒅊 (warqum)
                          𒅊 (warqum)             
                                      
                                      

References

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  • “peṣû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “peṣû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag