marṣum

See also: Marsum

Akkadian

Root
m-r-ṣ
2 terms

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.sˤum/

Adjective

marṣum (feminine maruštum, masculine plural marṣūtum, feminine plural marṣātum, predicative maruṣ) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. verbal adjective of marāṣum:
   1. sick, diseased

      Antonym: 𒁲 (šalmum)

   2. difficult, severe, bitter, troublesome

Alternative forms

• marṣu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍼 (GIG) 𒌅𒊏 (TU.RA) 𒇽𒍼 (LU₂.GIG) 𒈾𒍼 (NA.GIG)	𒈥𒍪𒌝 (mar-ṣu₂-um) 𒈥𒍮 (mar-ṣum, mar-ṣu) 𒈥𒍪 (mar-ṣu₂) 𒈥𒍝𒄠 (mar-ṣa-am) (accusative) 𒈠𒅈𒍣𒅎 (ma-ar-ṣi₂-im) (genitive) 𒈠𒊒𒍑𒌈 (ma-ru-uš-tum) (feminine) 𒈠𒊒𒍑𒌅 (ma-ru-uš-tu) (feminine)

References

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