ṣalālum

Akkadian

Root
ṣ-l-l
1 term

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /sˤaˈlaː.lum/

Verb

ṣalālum (G, a, durative iṣallal, perfect iṣtalal, preterite iṣlal, imperative ṣilal)

1. to lie down, sleep, be at rest, be still, be peaceful, lie still
2. (transferred sense) to lie with (sexually)

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		ṣalālum
Participle		ṣālilum
Adjective		ṣallum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aṣallal	aṣṣalal	aṣlal	luṣlal
2.sg	m	taṣallal	taṣṣalal	taṣlal	ṣalal
	f	taṣallalī	taṣṣallī	taṣlalī	ṣallī
3.sg		iṣallal	iṣṣalal	iṣlal	liṣlal
1.pl		niṣallal	niṣṣalal	niṣlal	i niṣlal
2.pl		taṣallalā	taṣṣallā	taṣlalā	ṣallā
3.pl	m	iṣallalū	iṣṣallū	iṣlalū	liṣlalū
	f	iṣallalā	iṣṣallā	iṣlalā	liṣlalā

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

Alternative forms

• ṣalālu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈿 (NU₂, NA₂)	𒍝𒆷𒀀𒈝 (ṣa-la-a-lum) 𒍝𒆷𒈝 (ṣa-la-lum) 𒍝𒆷𒀀𒇻 (ṣa-la-a-lu)

References

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