naʾāšu
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Variant: neʾēšu, neḫēšu
Meanings:
to moan, sigh, huff
de:German: Deutsch stöhnen, seufzen, schnaufen
Distribution: MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: nʾšI/n; II/ʾ (primae nūn, mediae ʾaleph; eine mit a-, eine mit e-Vokal) – i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
2 Lexical
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) a-a = né-e-[šú] KAL 11, 153 ii 3 (Erim.) DCCLT “'woe!' = to sigh”. new
SB-LexSB-Lex: Standard Babylonian lexical texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) e = ne-ḫe-šum UAVA 12/2, 350 VAT 13389 9. see Bartelmus ib. new
1Further Attestations
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [šumma u]štannaḫ u i-na-iš imât Sakikkû XXII 61 “[if he] becomes [d]epressed and begins to sigh – he will die”. Corresponds to 73a in Heeßel 2000.