zaqātu
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Meanings:
to sting; to be pointed, sharp
de:German: Deutsch stechen; spitz sein
fr:French: Français piquer ; être pointu
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: zqtIII – a/ua/u class (Present a, Preterite u)
(pres. rarely
izaqqit
)
stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive), DtnDtn-stem (D with tan-infix, iterative)
Logogram: RA, SÌG, TÁB.TÁB
Etymology: Inherited Cf. Syr. zqt “to goad”, see Sokoloff 2009, 395, which may, however, be influenced from Akk.
1GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) za-⸢aq⸣-ta (var.: zaq-ta) niṭâtūšu usaḫḫalā zumra Ludlul I 21 eBL “his thrusts (with his horns) are sharp (and) they pierce the body”. new