parāsum

Akkadian

Root
p-r-s
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic ܦܪܛ (“divide, split”) and Biblical Hebrew פָּרַס (pɔrás, “to slice, to cut”). Compare also Arabic فَرَسَ (farasa, “to tear up”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /paˈraː.sum/

Verb

parāsum (G, a-u, durative iparras, perfect iptaras, preterite iprus, imperative purus)

1. to divide, separate, select
2. to decide (a legal case)
3. to keep away, exclude (enemies, daemons, etc. from land, temples, etc.)
4. to stop, block, cut off

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		parāsum
Participle		pārisum
Adjective		parsum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		aparras	aprus	aptaras	luprus
2.sg	m	taparras	taprus	taptaras	purus
	f	taparrasī	taprusī	taptarsī	pursī
3.sg		iparras	iprus	iptaras	liprus
1.pl		niparras	niprus	niptaras	i niprus
2.pl		taparrasā	taprusā	taptarsā	pursā
3.pl	m	iparrasū	iprusū	iptarsū	liprusū
	f	iparrasā	iprusā	iptarsā	liprusā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• parāsu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒋻 (KUD)	𒉺𒊏𒍪𒌝 (pa-ra-su₂-um) 𒉺𒊏𒍮 (pa-ra-sum₂) 𒉺𒊏𒋢 (pa-ra-su)