šanûm

šanûm

Akkadian

Root
š-n-y
2 terms

Akkadian numbers ^(edit)

[a], [b], [c] ←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: šinā     Ordinal: šanûm     Multiplier: šinîšu     Fractional: mišlum, muttatum, bāmtum

Etymology

From 𒈫 (šinā). Cognate with Arabic ثَانٍ‎ (ṯānin) and Biblical Hebrew שֵׁנִי‎ (šení).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

šanûm (feminine šanītum, masculine plural šanûtum, feminine plural šaniātum) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. verbal adjective of šanûm:
   1. second (of two or more), next, other

      𒀀𒁉 𒀜𒋫 𒀀𒇲𒉡𒂵 𒀀𒁀𒄠 𒊭𒉌𒀀𒄠 𒌑𒆷 𒄿𒋗

      a-bi at-ta a-la₂-nu-ka₃ a-ba-am ša-ni-a-am u₂-la i-šu

      /abī atta allānukka abam šaniam ula īšu/

      You are my father. I have no other father except you.

   2. (nominalised) something else, another

Alternative forms

• šanû (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒎙 (MAN)	𒊭𒉡𒌑𒌝 (ša-nu-u₂-um) 𒊭𒉡𒌝 (ša-nu-um) 𒃻𒉡𒌝 (ša₂-nu-um) 𒃻𒉡𒌑 (ša₂-nu-u₂) 𒊭𒉡𒌑 (ša-nu-u₂) 𒊭𒉌𒀀𒄠 (ša-ni-a-am) (accusative) 𒊭𒈾𒄠 (ša-na-am) (accusative) 𒃻𒉌𒌈 (ša₂-ni-tum) (feminine)

References

• “šanû A adj”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šanû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag