warqu I (fem. waruqtu, aruqtu, eriqtu)

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Variant: AssAss: Assyrian dialect (all periods) erqu, mašqu, eriqtu
Meanings:
yellow, green; pale
de:German: Deutsch gelb, grün; blass
fr:French: Français jaune, vert ; pâle
Distribution: OA onward(s)OA onward(s): Old Assyrian onwards (ca. 1900 BCE onwards), OB onward(s)OB onward(s): Old Babylonian onwards (ca. 2000 BCE onwards)
Domain: Colors and hues
Grammar:
pos: adj.Adjectiveroot: wrqI/w (primae wāw)pattern: PaRuS/PuRuSG-stem verbal adjective; Bab. PaRuS corresponds to (O)Ass. PuRuS, OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) PaRiSG-stem verbal adjective
Logogram: SIG₇, SIG₇.SIG₇
Etymology: Derived ＜ warāqu
4Attestations

OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) i–ṣilli miṭratim e-ri-iq-tim AML, 1: 27 SEAL “in the shade of a green irrigated orchard”. new

OA-LitOA-Lit: Old Assyrian literary texts e-er-qú-um e-ri-iq e-ri-iq-tum e-er-qá-at AML, 1: 24f. SEAL “the verdure is green, the vegetation is green”. Note that the fem. adj. otherwise has the pattern PaRuSt-. On the (O)Ass. forms erqu, eriqtu see GOA 78.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ša ina muḫḫi nūnim wa-ar-qí-im ana šamnim innandī AML, 137: 23 SEAL “what is on the green fish will be thrown in oil”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina mašak muṣaʾʾirāni SIG₇.SIG₇ ina šerʾān arrabi tašappi Sakikkû XXIX 7 “you wrap (the prepared materials) in the skin of a green frog with the tendon(s) of a dormouse”. Corresponds to 15–17 in Heeßel 2000. See also Sakikkû XXIX 5, 12 (11f., 25–28 in Heeßel 2000). Alternatively, the logogram may stand for arraqu. new

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See also:
marqītu II, warāqu, warqu II, wurqu
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