našûm

Akkadian

Root
n-š-'
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *naśaʔ- (“to raise, lift”). Cognate with Arabic نَشَأَ (našaʔa) and Biblical Hebrew נָשָׂא (nɔśɔʾ, “to lift, carry”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

našûm (G, i, durative inašši, perfect ittaši, preterite išši, imperative iši) (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)

1.  to lift up, raise
2. to carry, bear, support
3. to transport, deliver
4. to take, accept, receive

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		našûm
Participle		nāšûm
Adjective		našûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		anašši	attaši	anši	lunši
2.sg	m	tanašši	tattaši	tanši	niši
	f	tanaššî	tattašî	tanšî	nišî
3.sg		inašši	ittaši	inši	linši
1.pl		ninašši	nittaši	ninši	i ninši
2.pl		tanaššiā	tattašiā	tanšiā	nišiā
3.pl	m	inaššû	ittašû	inšû	linšû
	f	inaššiā	ittašiā	inšiā	linšiā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• našû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅍 (IL₂) 𒄑 (GIŠ) (Neo-Babylonian) 𒄕 (GUR₁₇, GIŠ-tenû) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒈾𒋗𒌑𒌝 (na-šu-u₂-um) 𒈾𒋗𒌑 (na-šu-u₂) 𒈾𒋗𒌋 (na-šu-u) 𒈾𒋙𒌋 (na-šu₂-u)

Derived terms

• maššītum (“carrying, delivering”)

 

References

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