ṣamû II
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Meanings:
to be(come) thirsty
de:German: Deutsch durstig sein/werden
Distribution: OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: ṣmʾIII/ʾ (tertiae ʾaleph) – u/uu/u class (Present u, Preterite u)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), GtnGtn-stem (G with tan-infix, iterative), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), ŠŠ-stem (Causative stem)
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PSem. *ṯ̣mʾ “to be thirsty”, see SED 1, 332f. no. 79 (with several cognates); Kogan 2011, 237.
11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) napšātūšu iktanarrâ napištašu ša kīma mê ṣa-mu-ú ītenerrub Sakikkû IX 57 “his intakes of breath are constantly short (and) his breath enters repeatedly like someone thirsty for water”. Diff. Schmidtchen 2021, 417 (“seine Kehle keucht fortwährend (wörtl.: tritt i. w. ein)”).
12. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ēzibma pan bēlija ša kīma pan DN ú-ṣa-[a]m-mu-ú ataplusam ARM 26/1, 582 no. 282: 12 ARCHIBAB “I had ceased to gaze upon the face of my lord, whom I longed for as I do for DN.” new