leʾû

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Variant: OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE) leʾāʾu, MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) laʾāʾu
Meanings:
to be able
de:German: Deutsch können, in der Lage sein
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: lʾjII/ʾ; III/j (mediae ʾaleph, tertiae infirmae; gibt ein Wort mit a- und eines mit e-Vokal)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Etymology: Inherited
5Attestations

OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) bēlī mīššu lāmi a-la-e-ma lā allakam FAOS 19, 167 no. Di 10: 17 “my lord, why am I unable to come?” new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) e-li-i ulā e-li AS 22, 46: 4f. “can I or can't I?” uncertain context. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) PN qardum i-lu-šu-nu-ti ana šēp DN bēlišu ukannissunūt[i] Ahmed 2012, 257: 101 “PN, the hero, overpowered(?) them (and) he made them submit at the foot of DN, his lord”. Interpretation after Dercksen apud Ahmed 2012, 273 on ll. 95-101; s. also Wende 2022, 195 § 231.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) kabtat qāssu ul a-le-ʾi-i (var.: a-le-ʾi; e-le-e) našâša Ludlul III 1 eBL “heavy was his hand, I was not able to bear it”.

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) awīlu taklu ummuru ša dibbī i-la-u-ni SAA 5, 204: 17 SAAo “a trustworthy circumspect man who has a way with words”. new

Discussion

See Veenhof 1986.

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