šīnātum

Akkadian

Root
š-y-n
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯyn (to urinate). Cognate with Arabic مَثَانَة (maṯāna, “bladder”) and Biblical Hebrew שַׁיִן (šáyin, “urine”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ʃiːˈnaː.tum/

Noun

šīnātum f pl (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Boghazkeui, Standard Babylonian)

1.  urine

Alternative forms

• šīnātu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍒 (KAŠ₃) 𒍒𒎌 (KAŠ₃.MEŠ)	𒅆𒈾𒌈 (ši-na-tum) 𒅆𒈾𒀀𒌅 (ši-na-a-tu)

References

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