𒈗𒍑

Hittite edit

𒈗𒍑	The cuneiform font displayed by default does not accurately represent the Hittite script. Please download and install Hittite fonts from www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de.

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king”), with a phonetic complement 𒍑 (-uš).

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ems- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit असुर (ásura, “spirit, lord”) and Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”).

𒈗𒍑 • (LUGAL-uš /ḫaššuš/)

king
- KUB 20.99 iii.18:
  𒈗𒍑𒍝𒃷 𒋗𒄭𒀀𒋗 𒀀𒅈𒊑
  LUGAL-uš=za=kán ŠU^ḪI.A=ŠU a-ar-ri
  The king washes his hands.

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Broad transcription
u-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	ḫaššuš	ḫaššweš
nominative
accusative	ḫaššun	ḫaššuš
accusative
genitive	ḫaššuwaš	ḫaššuwaš
genitive
dative-locative	ḫaššui	ḫaššuwaš
dative-locative
allative	ḫaššuwa	–
allative
ablative	ḫaššuwaz	ḫaššuwaz
ablative
instrumental	ḫaššwit	ḫaššwit
instrumental
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

Cuneiform
u-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒈗𒍑	𒈗𒌋𒌍
nominative	LUGAL-uš	LUGAL-ú-eš
accusative	𒈗𒌦	𒈗𒍑
accusative	LUGAL-un	LUGAL-uš
genitive	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸
genitive	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš
dative-locative	𒈗𒌋𒄿	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸
dative-locative	LUGAL-ú-i	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš
allative	𒈗𒌋𒉿	–
allative	LUGAL-ú-wa
ablative	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒊍, 𒈗𒌋𒉿𒍝	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒊍, 𒈗𒌋𒉿𒍝
ablative	LUGAL-ú-wa-az, LUGAL-ú-wa-za	LUGAL-ú-wa-az, LUGAL-ú-wa-za
instrumental	𒈗𒌋𒀉	𒈗𒌋𒀉
instrumental	LUGAL-ú-it	LUGAL-ú-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382