šuāti

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *šuʔa (“he”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈaː.ti/

Pronoun

šuāti (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (accusative, genitive) him, her, it, to him, to her, to it
2. (accusative, genitive) that, the aforementioned

Inflection

Akkadian personal pronouns¹
			Independent forms			Pronominal Suffixes
			Nominative	Oblique²	Dative	Predicative³	Possessive⁴	Accusative⁵	Dative⁵
Singular	1st		anāku	yâti	yâšim, ayyâšim	-āku	-ī, -ya	-anni, -nni, -ninni	-am, -m, -nim
	2nd	m	atta	kâta	kâšim, kâšum	-āta	-ka	-ka	-kum
		f	atti	kâti	kâšim	-āti	-ki	-ki	-kim
	3rd	m	šū	šuāti, šuātu, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-	-šu	-šu	-šum
		f	šī	šuāti, šâti	šuāšim, šâšim	-at	-ša	-ši	-šim
Plural	1st		nīnu	niāti	niāšim	-ānu	-ni	-niāti	-niāšim
	2nd	m	attunu	kunūti	kunūšim	-ātina	-kunu	-kunūti	-kunūšim
		f	attina	kināti⁶	kināšim⁶	-ātunu	-kina	-kināti	-kināšim
	3rd	m	šunu	šunūti	šunūšim	-ā	-šunu	-šunūti	-šunūšim
		f	šina	šināti	šināšim⁶	-ū	-šina	-šināti	-šināšim
1. This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. 2. Used to express the Accusative and Genitive case.				3. Used exclusively on adjectives to form the predicative construction. 4. Used on nouns and prepositions.			5. Used on verbs. Always follows the Ventive. 6. Still unattested form.

Alternative forms

• šâti (contracted form, masculine and feminine)
• šuātu, šâtu (only masculine)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic	Mixed
𒄯 (UR₅) 𒄯𒎌 (UR₅.MEŠ) 𒁉 (BI) (after a logogram) 𒈬𒎌 (MU.MEŠ) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒋗𒀀𒋾 (šu-a-ti) 𒋗𒀀𒌅 (šu-a-tu) (masculine) 𒊭𒀀𒋾 (ša-a-ti) 𒊭𒀀𒌅 (ša-a-tu) (masculine) 𒋗𒀀𒎗 (šu-a-ti₂) 𒋗𒉿𒎗 (šu-wa-ti₂) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒈬𒀀𒁴 (MU-a-tim) (Neo-Babylonian)

References

• “šuāti”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011