Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʔayy- (which, what). Cognate with Arabic أَيّ (ʔayy) and Biblical Hebrew אַי (ʔay).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ayyum (feminine ayyītum, masculine plural ayyūtum, feminine plural ayyātum) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. (interrogative) which

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References

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  • “ajû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 1, A, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1964
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns