zanānum
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Akkadian[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| z-n-n |
| 1 term |
Etymology[edit]
Compare Biblical Hebrew זֶרֶם (zɛ́rɛm, “rain-storm”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /zaˈnaː.num/
Verb[edit]
zanānum (G, u, durative izannun, perfect izzanun, preterite iznun, imperative zunun) (from Old Babylonian on)
- to rain
- 𒅆𒉌𒋗 𒊭𒈬𒌝 𒄑𒉡𒌦 [šinīšu šamûm iznun] ― ši-ni-šu ša-mu-um iz-nu-un ― it rained twice
- 𒌓𒈬𒌝 𒋙𒈠 𒊭𒈬𒌑𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒍝𒉡𒌦
- [ūmum irrupma šamûm ul izannun]
- UD-mu-um ŠU₂-ma ša-mu-u₂-um u₂-ul i-za-nu-un
- It will be cloudy, but it won't rain.
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | zanānum | |||||
| Participle | zāninum | |||||
| Adjective | zannum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | azannun | aznun | azzanun | luznun | ||
| 2.sg | m | tazannun | taznun | tazzanun | zunun | |
| f | tazannunī | taznunī | tazzannī | zunnī | ||
| 3.sg | izannun | iznun | izzanun | liznun | ||
| 1.pl | nizannun | niznun | nizzanun | i niznun | ||
| 2.pl | tazannunā | taznunā | tazzannā | zunnā | ||
| 3.pl | m | izannunū | iznunū | izzannū | liznunū | |
| f | izannunā | iznunā | izzannā | liznunā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “zanānu A”, in 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) “zanānu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag