ṭênum

Akkadian

Root
ṭ-'-n
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṭaḥan- (“to grind”). Cognate with Arabic طَحَنَ (ṭaḥana) and Biblical Hebrew טָחַן (ṭɔḥán).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ṭênum (G, e, durative iṭên, perfect iṭṭēn, preterite iṭēn, imperative ṭēn) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. to grind

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		ṭênum
Participle		ṭēinum
Adjective		ṭēnum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		eṭên	eṭṭēn	eṭēn	luṭēn
2.sg	m	teṭên	teṭṭēn	teṭēn	ṭēn
	f	teṭennī	teṭṭēnī	teṭēnī	ṭēnī
3.sg		iṭên	iṭṭēn	iṭēn	liṭēn
1.pl		niṭên	niṭṭēn	niṭēn	i niṭēn
2.pl		teṭennā	teṭṭēnā	teṭēnā	ṭēnā
3.pl	m	iṭennū	iṭṭēnū	iṭēnū	liṭēnū
	f	iṭennā	iṭṭēnā	iṭēnā	liṭēnā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• ṭênu (non-mimated)
• ṭeānu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒄯 (HAR, ARA₃) 𒄯𒄯 (HAR.HAR, ARA₃.ARA₃)	𒁲𒂊𒉡𒌝 (ṭe-e-nu-um) 𒋼𒂊𒉡 (ṭe₄-e-nu) 𒁲𒉌𒅎 (ṭe-ni-im) (genitive) 𒋼𒂊𒉏 (ṭe₄-e-nim) (genitive) 𒁲𒉏 (ṭe-nim) (genitive) 𒋼𒉏 (ṭe₄-nim) (genitive) 𒋼𒉌 (ṭe₄-ni) (genitive)

References

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