wašṭum

Akkadian

Root
w-š-ṭ
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈwaʃ.tˤum/

Adjective

wašṭum (masculine plural wašṭūtum, feminine plural wašṭātum, predicative wašit) (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. verbal adjective of wašāṭum:
   1. strong, fierce

      𒉌𒊺𒅎𒈨 𒅕𒉌𒋫𒋗 𒉿𒀸𒁕𒀜

      ni-še-em-me ir-ni-ta-šu wa-aš-ṭa-at

      /nišemme irnittašu wašṭat/

      We hear of his (Adad's) anger – it is fierce.

   2. hard, stiff
   3. difficult

Alternative forms

• wašṭu, ašṭu (non-mimated), alṭu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒉿𒀸𒁺𒌝 (wa-aš-ṭu₃-um) 𒀾𒂅 (aš₂-ṭu)

References

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