napāšum

Akkadian

Root
n-p-š
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic تَنَفَّسَ (tanaffasa‬‬, “to breathe”) and Biblical Hebrew נָפַשׁ (nɔp̄áš, “to breathe”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

napāšum (G, u, durative inappuš, perfect ittapuš, preterite ippuš, imperative upuš) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian)

1. to breathe (freely), to relax
2. to be wide, expand, be abundant

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		napāšum
Participle		nāpišum
Adjective		napšum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		anappuš	attapuš	appuš	luppuš
2.sg	m	tanappuš	tattapuš	tappuš	upuš
	f	tanappušī	tattapšī	tappušī	upšī
3.sg		inappuš	ittapuš	ippuš	lippuš
1.pl		ninappuš	nittapuš	nippuš	i nippuš
2.pl		tanappušā	tattapšā	tappušā	upšā
3.pl	m	inappušū	ittapšū	ippušū	lippušū
	f	inappušā	ittapšā	ippušā	lippušā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• napāšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆒 (PEŠ₅) 𒉺𒀭 (PA.AN)	𒈾𒉺𒋗 (na-pa-šu) 𒈾𒉺𒋙 (na-pa-šu₂)

References

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