annûm

Akkadian

Root
'-n-y
1 term

Etymology

Compare Aramaic הָ־ (hā-, “this”) and perhaps Biblical Hebrew הַ(נ)־ (ha(n)-, definite article).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /anˈnuːm/

Adjective

annûm (feminine annītum, masculine plural annûtum, feminine plural anniātum, predicative anni) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. this, these

   𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒊭𒉺𒊒𒌝 𒀭𒉡𒌝 𒊭 𒋫𒀸𒁍𒊑𒅎

   [mīnum šapārum annûm ša tašpurīm]

   mi-nu-um ša-pa-ru-um an-nu-um ša ta-aš-pu-ri-im

   What is this message you (f) sent me?

   𒀀𒉌𒀀𒌈 𒀀𒈾 𒉌𒉌 𒁕𒄠𒂵

   [anniātum ana ilī damqā]

   a-ni-a-tum a-na i₃-li₂ da-am-qa₂

   Are these (acts) pleasing to the gods?

Alternative forms

• annû (non-mimated)
• annium, anniu
• ḫanniu, ḫannû (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉈 (NE) (Standard/Neo-Babylonian) 𒋀 (ŠEŠ)	𒀭𒉡𒌝 (an-nu-um) 𒀭𒉡𒌑 (an-nu-u₂) 𒀀𒉡𒌈 (a-nu-tum) (plural)

Derived terms

• annânum (“here, from here”)
• annīkiam (“here, hither”)

Related terms

• annītam lā annītam (“one way or another”)
• annītam u annītam (“various”)

References

• “annû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “annû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns