dīmtu

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Variant: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) dimʾu+, OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts dīmatu+, dīndu
Meanings:
tear
de:German: Deutsch Träne
Distribution: OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE), OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts, SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE), LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE)
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivegender: fem.Feminineroot: dʾmII/ʾ (mediae ʾaleph)pattern: PīSt, PiRSat
9Attestations

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-im-ti u di-ma-ti elīki AbB 5, 160 r. 7 “my tears and wailing are on your account”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) kīma ṣirpim iṣarrip di-ma-ti-[iš/ša] UET 6/2, 395 r. 23 “she became red like dyed wool [through (her)] tears”. diff. Lambert 1990, 293: “(he went...,) shedding tears like red dyed wool”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) dì-ma-ti-a šuqqil AS 22, 21: 45 “stop my tears”. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts di-ma-tu-ša illakā ṣarp[iš] (…) di-ma-tu-uš! ḫuṭṭupat UET 6/2, 396: 13 SEAL “her tears flowing bitterly (…) her tear was shed”.

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts <ina> burmīnija di-ma-tum izannun Ištar Baghdad: 18 SEAL “a tear rains out of the iris of my eye”.

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-in-di indalâ īnāšu SAA 3, 50: 28 “his eyes filled with tears”. new

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) ina bitakkî šubrâ īnāja ḫaššîš (ina) di-ma-ti (∥ di-ma-tum) ṣurrupā usukkāja Ludlul I 110 eBL “my eyes showed (to be) in constant crying, fifty times my cheeks were reddened from (shedding) tears”.

NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 3 ūmē pan DN di-at pani bikīʾā Dornauer 2014, 5: 5 “cry tears of the face in front of DN for three days!” new

LBLB: Late Babylonian (ca. 626 BCE – 100 CE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) mūši u kal ūmu ina di-in-du u upāṭu ašbāku AOAT 414/1, 198: 15 “day and night I sit in tears and snot”. new

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