nâṣu
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Variant: naʾāṣu
Meanings:
to look down on, despise, scorn
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Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE), SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: nʾṣI/n; II/ʾ (primae nūn, mediae ʾaleph) – a/aa/a class (Present a, Preterite a)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), NN-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem)+
Etymology: Inherited Akk.Akkadian
3Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) [ana] bēlikunu iqâl ālānīšu i-na-a-{AZ}-aṣ ARM 26/2, 425 no. 489: 17 ARCHIBAB “he respects your lord, (but) he despises his cities”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) N+N-stem (Reflexive/Passive stem) ina rēdî in-na-áṣ OBTIV, 23: 4 ARCHIBAB “(until I came to my lady's aid) she was disrespected by the soldiers”. (Mayer 2017, 20). new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) awīlum ša māram lā īšû na-a-aṣ ittī aḫīšu ZA 110, 42 ii 35 SEAL “a man who has no son is scorned by his brother”.