šanānum

Akkadian

Root
š-n-n
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈnaː.num/

Verb

šanānum (G, a-u, durative išannan, perfect ištanan, preterite išnun, imperative šunun) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to be equal, match, rival

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		šanānum
Participle		šāninum
Adjective		šannum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		ašannan	aštanan	ašnun	lušnun
2.sg	m	tašannan	taštanan	tašnun	šunun
	f	tašannanī	taštannī	tašnunī	šunnī
3.sg		išannan	ištanan	išnun	lišnun
1.pl		nišannan	ništanan	nišnun	i nišnun
2.pl		tašannanā	taštannā	tašnunā	šunnā
3.pl	m	išannanū	ištannū	išnunū	lišnunū
	f	išannanā	ištannā	išnunā	lišnunā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• šanānu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁲 (SA₂) 𒁲𒁲 (SA₂.SA₂) (Gt) 𒌨𒌨 (UR.UR) (Gt, Old Akkadian)	𒊭𒈾𒉡𒌝 (ša-na-nu-um) 𒃻𒈾𒉡 (ša₂-na-nu) 𒊭𒈾𒉡 (ša-na-nu)

References

• “šanānu”, 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) “šanānu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag