annûm

Akkadian
Root
'-n-y
1 term

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. this, these
    𒈪𒉡𒌝 𒊭𒉺𒊒𒌝 𒀭𒉡𒌝 𒊭 𒋫𒀸𒁍𒊑𒅎
    [mīnum šapārum annûm ša tašpurīm]
    mi-nu-um ša-pa-ru-um an-nu-um ša ta-aš-pu-ri-im
    What is this message you (f) sent me?
    𒀀𒉌𒀀𒌈 𒀀𒈾 𒉌𒉌 𒁕𒄠𒂵
    [anniātum ana ilī damqā]
    a-ni-a-tum a-na i₃-li₂ da-am-qa₂
    Are these (acts) pleasing to the gods?

Alternative forms
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”)
  • 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
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