bašûm

Akkadian
Root
b-š-y
2 terms

Etymology

Unknown. Huehnergard explains it as a derivation from Proto-Semitic *bV- (“in”) and Proto-Semitic *šuʔa (“it”), comparing it to colloquial Arabic فيه (fī, “there is/are”, literally “in it”) and Ge'ez ቦ (bo, “there is/are”, literally “in it”).

Pronunciation

Verb

bašûm (G, a-u, durative ibašši, perfect ibtaši, preterite ibši, imperative baši, verbal adjective bašûm) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  to exist, to be there, present, available
    𒄿𒈾 𒅗𒀊𒊑𒅎 𒁀𒊒𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆
    i-na ka-ap-ri-im ba-ru-um u₂-ul i-ba-aš-ši
    /ina kaprim bārûm ul ibašši/
    There is no diviner in the village.
  2. to happen

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive bašûm
Participle bāšûm
Adjective bašûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg abašši abtaši abši lubši
2.sg m tabašši tabtaši tabši biši
f tabaššî tabtašî tabšî bišî
3.sg ibašši ibtaši ibši libši
1.pl nibašši nibtaši nibši i nibši
2.pl tabaššiā tabtašiā tabšiā bišiā
3.pl m ibaššû ibtašû ibšû libšû
f ibaššiā ibtašiā ibšiā libšiā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁀𒋗𒌑 (ba-šu-u₂)
  • 𒁀𒋗𒌋 (ba-šu-u)
  • 𒄿𒁀𒀾𒅆 (i-ba-aš₂-ši) (3rd singular durative)
  • 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆 (i-ba-aš-ši) (3rd singular durative)
  • 𒄿𒁀𒅆 (i-ba-ši) (3rd singular durative)
  • 𒄿𒁀𒋛 (i-ba-ši₂) (3rd singular durative)

References
  • The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 606
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