marāṣum

Akkadian

Root
m-r-ṣ
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *maraṣ̂- (“to be ill”). Compare Arabic مَرِضَ (mariḍa, “to be sick”) and Biblical Hebrew נִמְרַץ (nimraṣ, “to be sore”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /maˈraː.sˤum/

Verb

marāṣum (G, a, durative imarraṣ, perfect imtaraṣ, preterite imraṣ, imperative maraṣ, verbal adjective marṣum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to be ill, diseased

   𒂊𒉡𒈠 𒀀𒈾𒆪 𒁕𒀭𒉌𒅖 𒄠𒋫𒊏𒊍 𒌑𒁀𒀭 𒇻 𒆷 𒈪𒋫𒆪

   [enūma anāku danniš amtaraṣ ubān lū lā mītāku]

   e-nu-ma a-na-ku da-an-ni-iš am-ta-ra-aṣ u-ba-an lu la mi-ta-ku

   At that time I was very ill an came within an inch of dying.

2. to be concerned
3. to be difficult, troublesome, cause of annoyance
4. (with eli, ina muḫḫi, ana) to become displeasing to
5. (with libbum as subject) to become angry, displeased

   𒊮𒊭𒈗𒅎𒊏𒊍 [libbum ša šarrim imraṣ] ― ŠA₃ ša LUGAL im-ra-aṣ ― the king became annoyed

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		marāṣum
Participle		māriṣum
Adjective		marṣum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		amarraṣ	amtaraṣ	amraṣ	lumraṣ
2.sg	m	tamarraṣ	tamtaraṣ	tamraṣ	maraṣ
	f	tamarraṣī	tamtarṣī	tamraṣī	marṣī
3.sg		imarraṣ	imtaraṣ	imraṣ	limraṣ
1.pl		nimarraṣ	nimtaraṣ	nimraṣ	i nimraṣ
2.pl		tamarraṣā	tamtarṣā	tamraṣā	marṣā
3.pl	m	imarraṣū	imtarṣū	imraṣū	limraṣū
	f	imarraṣā	imtarṣā	imraṣā	limraṣā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• marāṣu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒍼 (GIG)	𒈠𒊏𒍮 (ma-ra-ṣu)

References

• “marāṣu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977