𒈗𒍑

Hittite

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Alternative forms

• 𒄩𒀸𒋗𒍑 (ḫa-aš-šu-uš /⁠ḫaššuš⁠/)

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒈗 (lugal, “king”), with a phonetic complement 𒍑 (-uš). From Proto-Indo-European *h₂émsus, from *h₂ems- (“to give birth”). Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit असुर (ásura, “spirit, lord”) and Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”). For a semantic parallel of the shift from "to beget" to "king," compare Proto-Germanic *kuningaz (“king”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget”).

Noun

𒈗𒍑 • (LUGAL-uš /χasːus/)

1. king
   • KUB 20.99 iii.18:

     𒈗𒍑𒍝𒃷 𒋗𒄭𒀀𒋗 𒀀𒅈𒊑

     LUGAL-uš=za=kán ŠU^ḪI.A=ŠU a-ar-ri

     The king washes his hands.

Inflection

Broad transcription
u-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	ḫaššuš	ḫaššweš
accusative	ḫaššun	ḫaššuš
genitive	ḫaššuwaš	ḫaššuwaš
dative-locative	ḫaššui	ḫaššuwaš
allative	ḫaššuwa	–
ablative	ḫaššuwaz	ḫaššuwaz
instrumental	ḫaššwit	ḫaššwit
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

Cuneiform
u-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒈗𒍑	𒈗𒌋𒌍
	LUGAL-uš	LUGAL-ú-eš
accusative	𒈗𒌦	𒈗𒍑
	LUGAL-un	LUGAL-uš
genitive	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸
	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš
dative-locative	𒈗𒌋𒄿	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒀸
	LUGAL-ú-i	LUGAL-ú-wa-aš
allative	𒈗𒌋𒉿	–
	LUGAL-ú-wa
ablative	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒊍, 𒈗𒌋𒉿𒍝	𒈗𒌋𒉿𒊍, 𒈗𒌋𒉿𒍝
	LUGAL-ú-wa-az, LUGAL-ú-wa-za	LUGAL-ú-wa-az, LUGAL-ú-wa-za
instrumental	𒈗𒌋𒀉	𒈗𒌋𒀉
	LUGAL-ú-it	LUGAL-ú-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008), “ḫaššu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 382