šaptum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *śapat- (“lip”). Cognate wigh Arabic شَفَة (šafa) and Biblical Hebrew שָׂפָה (śɔp̄ɔ).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃap.tum/
Noun
šaptum f (dual šaptān, plural šapātum) (from Old Akkadian on)
- lip
- utterance, speech, command
- rim, edge
Inflection
| Declension | ||||
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| singular | dual | plural | ||
| Nominative | šaptum | šaptān | šapātum | |
| Genitive | šaptim | šaptīn | šapātim | |
| Accusative | šaptam | šaptīn | šapātim | |
| Construct state | šapat | |||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. Not all of the entries may be attested. | ||||
Alternative forms
- šaptu (non-mimated)
- šabdu (occasionally)
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References
- “šaptu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989