bašûm

Akkadian

Root
b-š-y
2 terms

Etymology

Unknown. Huehnergard explains it as a derivation from Proto-Semitic *bV- (“in”) and Proto-Semitic *šuʔa (“it”), comparing it to colloquial Arabic فيه (fī, “there is/are”, literally “in it”) and Ge'ez ቦ (bo, “there is/are”, literally “in it”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /baˈʃuːm/

Verb

bašûm (G, a-u, durative ibašši, perfect ibtaši, preterite ibši, imperative baši, verbal adjective bašûm) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  to exist, to be there, present, available

   𒄿𒈾 𒅗𒀊𒊑𒅎 𒁀𒊒𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆

   i-na ka-ap-ri-im ba-ru-um u₂-ul i-ba-aš-ši

   /ina kaprim bārûm ul ibašši/

   There is no diviner in the village.

2. to happen

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		bašûm
Participle		bāšûm
Adjective		bašûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		abašši	abtaši	abši	lubši
2.sg	m	tabašši	tabtaši	tabši	biši
	f	tabaššî	tabtašî	tabšî	bišî
3.sg		ibašši	ibtaši	ibši	libši
1.pl		nibašši	nibtaši	nibši	i nibši
2.pl		tabaššiā	tabtašiā	tabšiā	bišiā
3.pl	m	ibaššû	ibtašû	ibšû	libšû
	f	ibaššiā	ibtašiā	ibšiā	libšiā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• bašû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅅 (GAL₂)	𒁀𒋗𒌑 (ba-šu-u₂) 𒁀𒋗𒌋 (ba-šu-u) 𒄿𒁀𒀾𒅆 (i-ba-aš₂-ši) (3rd singular durative) 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆 (i-ba-aš-ši) (3rd singular durative) 𒄿𒁀𒅆 (i-ba-ši) (3rd singular durative) 𒄿𒁀𒋛 (i-ba-ši₂) (3rd singular durative)

References

• 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) A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 606