Akkadian
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Etymology
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Compare Aramaic נְטַר (nəṭar, “to watch, guard”), Classical Syriac ܢܛܲܪ (nəṭar, “to watch”), Arabic نَظَرَ (naẓara, literally “to watch”), Biblical Hebrew נָצַר (nɔṣár, “to keep, maintain”).
Pronunciation
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naṣārum (G, a-u, durative inaṣṣar, perfect ittaṣar, preterite iṣṣur, imperative iṣur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to watch over, protect
𒌋 𒂟 𒍝𒁍𒌝 𒊭 𒀀𒁍𒌌𒆷𒁴 𒄿𒈾𒍝𒊒 𒌑𒌌 𒈠𒀜- [ešeret ṣābum ša abullātim inaṣṣarū ul mād]
- 10 ERIN₂ ṣa-bu-um ša a-bu-ul-la-tim i-na-ṣa-ru u₂-ul ma-ad
- Ten men who are to guard the main gate are not enough.
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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naṣārum
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| Participle
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nāṣirum
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| Adjective
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naṣrum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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anaṣṣar
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attaṣar
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aṣṣur
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luṣṣur
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| 2.sg
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m
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tanaṣṣar
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tattaṣar
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taṣṣur
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uṣur
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| f
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tanaṣṣarī
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tattaṣrī
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taṣṣurī
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uṣrī
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| 3.sg
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inaṣṣar
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ittaṣar
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iṣṣur
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liṣṣur
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| 1.pl
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ninaṣṣar
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nittaṣar
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niṣṣur
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i niṣṣur
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| 2.pl
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tanaṣṣarā
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tattaṣrā
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taṣṣurā
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uṣrā
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| 3.pl
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m
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inaṣṣarū
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ittaṣrū
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iṣṣurū
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liṣṣurū
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| f
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inaṣṣarā
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ittaṣrā
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iṣṣurā
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liṣṣurā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Alternative forms
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Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒌶 (URU₃, ŠEŠ)
- 𒉽 (PAB, PAP) (proper names)
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- 𒈾𒍝𒀸 (na-ṣa-rum)
- 𒈾𒍝𒊒 (na-ṣa-ru)
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References
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- “naṣaru”, 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) “naṣaru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
