pašāḫum

Akkadian

Root
p-š-ḫ
1 term

Etymology

Compare Ge'ez ተፈሥሐ (täfäśśəḥä, “to rejoice, be glad”) and Sabaean 𐩠𐩰𐩦𐩢 (hfs²ḥ, “to cause to rejoice”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /paˈʃaː.χum/

Verb

pašāḫum (G, a or i, durative ipaššaḫ, perfect iptašaḫ, preterite ipšaḫ, imperative pišaḫ) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to rest, refresh oneself
2. to calm down, be(come) appeased, relaxed, tranquil, content, be at rest

   𒇷𒅁𒁉 𒅁𒊭𒄴

   [libbī ipšaḫ]

   li-ib-bi ip-ša-aḫ

   I relaxed.

   (literally, “my heart calmed down”)

   𒊺𒁉 𒅎𒊏𒊍𒈠 𒅁𒋫𒊭𒄴𒈠 𒊭𒀠𒈠𒆪

   [šēpī imraṣ-ma iptašaḫ-ma šalmāku]

   še-pi₂ im-ra-aṣ-ma ip-ta-ša-aḫ-ma ša-al-ma-ku

   My foot hurt, but then got better, I'm fine.

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		pašāḫum
Participle		pāšiḫum
Adjective		pašḫum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		apaššaḫ	aptašaḫ	apšaḫ	lupšaḫ
2.sg	m	tapaššaḫ	taptašaḫ	tapšaḫ	pašaḫ
	f	tapaššaḫī	taptašḫī	tapšaḫī	pašḫī
3.sg		ipaššaḫ	iptašaḫ	ipšaḫ	lipšaḫ
1.pl		nipaššaḫ	niptašaḫ	nipšaḫ	i nipšaḫ
2.pl		tapaššaḫā	taptašḫā	tapšaḫā	pašḫā
3.pl	m	ipaššaḫū	iptašḫū	ipšaḫū	lipšaḫū
	f	ipaššaḫā	iptašḫā	ipšaḫā	lipšaḫā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• pašāḫu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈻 (SED)	𒉺𒃻𒄷 (pa-ša₂-ḫu)

References

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