annûm

annûm

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Aramaic הָ־‎ (hā-, “this”) and perhaps Biblical Hebrew הַ(נ)־‎ (ha(n)-, definite article).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /anˈnuːm/

Adjective

annûm (base anni, feminine annītum, masculine plural annûtum, feminine plural anniātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. this, these

Alternative forms

• annû (non-mimated)
• annium, anniu
• ḫanniu, ḫannû (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉈 (NE) (Standard/Neo-Babylonian) 𒋀 (ŠEŠ)	𒀭𒉡𒌝 (an-nu-um) 𒀭𒉡𒌑 (an-nu-u₂) 𒀀𒉡𒌈 (a-nu-tum) (plural)

Derived terms

• annânum (“here, from here”)
• annīkiam (“here, hither”)

 

Related terms

• annītam lā annītam (“one way or another”)
• annītam u annītam (“various”)

 

References

• “annû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “annû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns