azû I
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Variant: ḫazû, asû
Meanings:
to sigh
de:German: Deutsch seufzen
fr:French: Français soupirer
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ʾzwI/ʾ; I/a; III/w (primae ʾaleph, tertiae infirmae) (?) – u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *hḏj/w “to be mad, talk without sense; produce incoherent sounds (in one’s sleep)”, see SED 1, 18ᵥ (SEDo).
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Commentaries
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (comm.) GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative) i-ta-na-zu = ikk[il]lu iddi CunMon. 49/2, 74: 51 “he constantly sighs (means) he lets out a lamentation”. Commentary Sakikkû III (unknown entry). Cf. perhaps i-ta-na-šu (i-ta-na-zu!?) in Sakikkû III 65 (emended to i-ta-na-šu-＜uš ＞ in Schmidtchen 2021, 260). new