amšālim

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamšay- (“yesterday”). Cognate with Arabic أَمْسِ (ʔamsi).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /amˈʃaː.lim/

Adverb

amšālim (Babylonian, Mari)

1. yesterday

   Antonym: 𒌨𒊏𒄠 (urram, “tomorrow”)

   𒋳𒈠 𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 𒄠𒊭𒇷 𒀉𒋾𒅀 𒄿𒆷𒄰 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒀭 𒌓𒈠𒄠 𒅀𒀀𒋾 𒅅𒆷𒀭𒉌

   [šumma kīma aqbûkum amšali ittīya illakam mimman ūmam yâti iklanni]

   šum-ma ki-ma aq-bu-kum am-ša-li it-ti-ia i-la-kam mi-im-ma-an UD-ma-am ya-a-ti ik-la-an-ni

   If he had come with me yesterday as I had told you, in what way could he have hindered me today?

Alternative forms

• amšāli (non-mimated)
• amšāla, amšat
• amšalītam (Mari)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒄠𒊭𒅆 (am-ša-lim) 𒄠𒊭𒀀𒇷 (am-ša-a-li) 𒄠𒊭𒇷 (am-ša-li) 𒄠𒊭𒆷 (am-ša-la)

Derived terms

• amšālûm (“of yesterday”)

 

See also

• timāli (“yesterday”)

References

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