erēšum
Akkadian
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| '-r-š |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ḥaraṯ- (“to plow”). Cognate with Arabic حَرَثَ (ḥaraṯa) and Biblical Hebrew חָרַשׁ (ḥɔráš).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /eˈreː.ʃum/
Verb
erēšum (G, i, durative irriš, perfect īteriš, preterite īriš, imperative eriš)
- to sow, plant, plough and seed
- to cultivate (a field)
Inflection
| Conjugation | ||||||
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| Infinitive | erēšum | |||||
| Participle | ērišum | |||||
| Adjective | eršum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | erriš | ēriš | ēteriš | lūriš | ||
| 2.sg | m | terriš | tēriš | tēteriš | eriš | |
| f | terrišī | tērišī | tēteršī | eršī | ||
| 3.sg | irriš | īriš | īteriš | līriš | ||
| 1.pl | nirriš | nīriš | nīteriš | i nīriš | ||
| 2.pl | terrišā | tērišā | tēteršā | eršā | ||
| 3.pl | m | irrišū | īrišū | īteršū | līrišū | |
| f | irrišā | īrišā | īteršā | līrišā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms
- erēšu (non-mimated)
- arāšum, arāšu (non-mimated)
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Related terms
- errēšum (“tenant farmer”)
References
- “erēšu B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 4, E, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1958, page 285
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “erēšu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 77
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns