mūšum

Akkadian

𒈪 (mūšum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mušy- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic مَسَاء‎ (masāʔ, “evening”) and Biblical Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ‎ (ʾɛ́mɛš, “night, darkness”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ʃum/

Noun

mūšum m (construct state mūš or mūši, plural mūšū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. night, nighttime

   Synonyms: 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)

   Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)

Alternative forms

• mūšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈪 (GE₆, MI)	𒈬𒋗𒌝 (mu-šu-um) 𒈬𒋙 (mu-šu₂)

Derived terms

• mušītum (“night”)
• mūšam (“at night”)
• mūšamma (“yesterday night”)
• mūšiš (“at night”)
• mūšurrī (“day and night”)

 

References

• “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