abbūtu
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Variant: abbuttu
Meanings:
fatherhood, patronage
de:German: Deutsch Vaterschaft, Väterlichkeit
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE)
Domain: Kinship and household
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivesuffix: -ūtAbstractum suffix -ūt
Etymology: Derived ＜ abu I
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) PN mādiš ḫadī u a-bu-ut awâtīni ana šarrim PN₂ PN -ma ṣabit ARM 26/1, 9: 1 ARCHIBAB “PN rejoiced greatly and PN himself will take up the defence of our case before the king PN₂”. new
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts (Tašmētu) a-bu-ti ardiki pāliḫki ṣabtī Légendes, 5: 8 SEAL “intercede on behalf of your servant, who revers you!”
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [il]u ana ili liṣbat a-bu-ut-su Frazer/Adalı 2021, 235 iv 10 “may [go]d after god intercede for him”. new