dāʾiku
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Variant: dājjiku
Meanings:
killer, murderer; killing
de:German: Deutsch Mörder, Töter; tötend
fr:French: Français meurtrier, assassin ; tuant
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), MBMB: Middle Babylonian (ca. 1600–1000 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: masc.Masculineroot: dwkII/w (mediae infirmae)pattern: PāRiSG-stem participle
Etymology: Derived ＜ dâku
3Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) šumma dāmu ina mātika ittabšī dá-i-ke lū taddunūniʾātima lū nidukku Bilgiç 1992, 65 no. kt n/k 794: 9 “if there is bloodshed in your land, do give the murderers to us and we shall kill them”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) rašbu da-i-ku lemn[ūtī] KAL 2, 12: 14 “fearsome one, killer of the evil ones”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bennu da-i-ku ṣabissu ZA 115, 198 r. 6 “a beating bennu -demon has seized him”. Excerpt Sakikkû V. new