arû IV
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Variant: erû
Meanings:
to be(come) pregnant
de:German: Deutsch schwanger sein/werden
fr:French: Français être / tomber enceinte
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾrjI/ʾ; I/a; III/j (primae ʾaleph, tertiae infirmae) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)
Logogram: PEŠ₄
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *hrj “to be pregnant, conceive,” see SED 1, 20; HALOT 255; DRS 452f.
2GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) arḫum e-ri-a-at arḫum ullad AML, 12: 1 SEAL “the cow is pregnant, the cow is giving birth”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) uḫūlu uḫūlu Sîn i-⸢ri⸣-ka Šamaš urabbīka BAM 12, 475: 20 eBL “soapwort, soapwort, Sîn has engendered(?) you, Šamaš has raised you”. Note arû G with a male subject: “to engender”? Cf. Steinert ibid., 486. new