mūšum
AkkadianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Semitic *mušy- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ, “evening”) and Biblical Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (ʾɛ́mɛš, “night, darkness”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.ʃum/
NounEdit
mūšum m (construct state mūš or mūši, plural mūšū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
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ReferencesEdit
- “mūšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns