edēšum

Akkadian

Root
'-d-š
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥdθ- (“to be new”). Cognate with Arabic حَدُثَ (ḥaduṯa, “to be new”) and Biblical Hebrew חִדֵּשׁ (ḥiddéš, “to renew”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /eˈdeː.ʃum/

Verb

edēšum (G, i, durative iddiš, perfect ītediš, preterite īdiš, imperative ediš) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. to be new, fresh, renewed

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		edēšum
Participle		ēdišum
Adjective		edšum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		eddiš	ētediš	ēdiš	lūdiš
2.sg	m	teddiš	tētediš	tēdiš	ediš
	f	teddišī	tētedšī	tēdišī	edšī
3.sg		iddiš	ītediš	īdiš	līdiš
1.pl		niddiš	nītediš	nīdiš	i nīdiš
2.pl		teddišā	tētedšā	tēdišā	edšā
3.pl	m	iddišū	ītedšū	īdišū	līdišū
	f	iddišā	ītedšā	īdišā	līdišā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• edēšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉋 (GIBIL)	𒂊𒁲𒋗 (e-de-šu)

References

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