peṣûm

Akkadian

Root
p-ṣ-y
1 term

Etymology

Maybe related to Proto-Semitic *p-ṣ-ḥ (“to be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /peˈsˤuːm/

Adjective

peṣûm (feminine peṣītum, masculine plural peṣûtum, feminine plural peṣiātum, predicative peṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. white, pale, bleached
2. (plots of land) cleared, empty

Alternative forms

• peṣû (non-mimated)
• paṣ'um, paṣûm, paṣû
• paṣium, paṣiu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌓 (BABBAR)	𒉿𒍮𒌑 (pe-ṣu-u₂) 𒉿𒍪𒌑 (pe-ṣu₂-u₂) 𒉿𒍮𒌋 (pe-ṣu-u)

See also

Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)

𒌓 (peṣûm)		𒈪 (ṣalmum)
𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)	𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)	𒅊 (warqum)
	𒅊 (warqum)

References

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