adirtu
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Variant: edirtu, edištu, idirtu, ḫidirtu, ḫidirtu
Meanings:
darkness, gloom; fear, misery, mourning
de:German: Deutsch Dunkelheit, Düsterniss; Furcht, Kummer, Trauer
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Domain: Emotion and affect; visual phenomena
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: ʾdrI/ʾ; I/a (primae ʾaleph)pattern: PaRiStG-stem verbal adjective
Etymology: Derived ＜ adāru I
01. Darkness, gloom
22. Fear, terror
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ī[ru]b a-di-ir-tum an[a l]ibbika CUSAS 10, 5: 67 (Gilg.) eBL “terror entered your heart”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) uṣṣallim panīja a-di-rat (∥ a-di-ra-ti) libbija šīrīja utarriqū pirittu u ḫattu Ludlul I 111 eBL “the fear in my heart had blackened my face, terror and panic had paled my flesh”.
13. Misery, mourning
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) adi ḫi-di-ir-tum annītum ittiqu alkā libbi mātīja atammarānim ARM 26/1, 108 no. 11: 9 ARCHIBAB “as soon as the mourning is over, go and check the interior of my country for me”. new