Akkadian
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Etymology
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Cognate with Biblical Hebrew זָרַק (zɔráq, “to throw, toss”). Compare also Arabic ذَرَقَ (ḏaraqa, “to dung”).
Pronunciation
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zarāqum (G, i or a-u, durative izarriq, perfect izzariq, preterite izriq, imperative ziriq) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)
- to sprinkle (liquids), strew
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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zarāqum
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| Participle
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zāriqum
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| Adjective
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zarqum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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azarriq
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azzariq
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azriq
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luzriq
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| 2.sg
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m
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tazarriq
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tazzariq
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tazriq
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ziriq
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| f
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tazarriqī
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tazzarqī
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tazriqī
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zirqī
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| 3.sg
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izarriq
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izzariq
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izriq
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lizriq
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| 1.pl
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nizarriq
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nizzariq
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nizriq
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i nizriq
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| 2.pl
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tazarriqā
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tazzarqā
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tazriqā
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zirqā
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| 3.pl
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m
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izarriqū
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izzarqū
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izriqū
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lizriqū
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| f
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izarriqā
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izzarqā
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izriqā
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lizriqā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Alternative forms
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Cuneiform spellings
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References
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- “zarāqu”, 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) “zarāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
