mūšum

mūšum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mušy- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic مَسَاء‎ (masāʾ, “evening”) and Biblical Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ‎ (ʾémeš, “night, darkness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ʃum/

Noun

mūšum m (construct state mūš or mūši, plural mūšū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. night, nighttime

Alternative forms

• mūšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒈪 (GE₆, MI)	𒈬𒋗𒌝 (mu-šu-um) 𒈬𒋙 (mu-šu₂)

Derived terms

• mūšam (“at night”)
• mūšamma (“yesterday night”)
• mūšitum (“night”)
• mūšiš (“at night”)
• mūšurrī (“day and night”)

 

References

• “mūšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns