pašāqum

Akkadian

Root
p-š-q
2 terms

Etymology

Compare perhaps Arabic فَشَق (fašaq, “distance between two horns or two teats”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /paˈʃaː.qum/

Verb

pašāqum (G, u, durative ipaššuq, perfect iptašuq, preterite ipšuq, imperative pušuq) (Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

1. to be(come) narrow, constricted
2. to be(come) difficult

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		pašāqum
Participle		pāšiqum
Adjective		pašqum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		apaššuq	aptašuq	apšuq	lupšuq
2.sg	m	tapaššuq	taptašuq	tapšuq	pušuq
	f	tapaššuqī	taptašqī	tapšuqī	pušqī
3.sg		ipaššuq	iptašuq	ipšuq	lipšuq
1.pl		nipaššuq	niptašuq	nipšuq	i nipšuq
2.pl		tapaššuqā	taptašqā	tapšuqā	pušqā
3.pl	m	ipaššuqū	iptašqū	ipšuqū	lipšuqū
	f	ipaššuqā	iptašqā	ipšuqā	lipšuqā

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

Alternative forms

• pašāqu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉽𒄬 (PAP.ḪAL)	𒉺𒃻𒀀𒄣 (pa-ša₂-a-qu)

Derived terms

• pušqum

References

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