amšālim

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔamšay- (“yesterday”). Cognate with Arabic أَمْسِ (ʔamsi).

Pronunciation

Adverb

amšālim (Babylonian, Mari)

  1. yesterday
    Antonym: 𒌨𒊏𒄠 (urram, “tomorrow”)
    𒋳𒈠 𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 𒄠𒊭𒇷 𒀉𒋾𒅀 𒄿𒆷𒄰 𒈪𒅎𒈠𒀭 𒌓𒈠𒄠 𒅀𒀀𒋾 𒅅𒆷𒀭𒉌
    [šumma kīma aqbûkum amšali ittīya illakam mimman ūmam yâti iklanni]
    šum-ma ki-ma aq-bu-kum am-ša-li it-ti-ia i-la-kam mi-im-ma-an UD-ma-am ya-a-ti ik-la-an-ni
    If he had come with me yesterday as I had told you, in what way could he have hindered me today?

Alternative forms
  • amšāli (non-mimated)
  • amšāla, amšat
  • amšalītam (Mari)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒄠𒊭𒅆 (am-ša-lim)
  • 𒄠𒊭𒀀𒇷 (am-ša-a-li)
  • 𒄠𒊭𒇷 (am-ša-li)
  • 𒄠𒊭𒆷 (am-ša-la)

Derived terms
  • amšālûm (“of yesterday”)

See also
  • timāli (“yesterday”)

References
  • “amšali”, 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) “amšāli(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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