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	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		aparras	aptaras	aprus	luprus
2.sg	m	taparras	taptaras	taprus	purus
	f	taparrasī	taptarsī	taprusī	pursī
3.sg		iparras	iptaras	iprus	liprus
1.pl		niparras	niptaras	niprus	i niprus
2.pl		taparrasā	taptarsā	taprusā	pursā
3.pl	m	iparrasū	iptarsū	iprusū	liprusū
	f	iparrasā	iptarsā	iprusā	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)