"bašûm" meaning in Akkadian

See bašûm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /baˈʃuːm/ (note: Old Babylonian)
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”). Etymology templates: {{unknown|akk}} Unknown, {{inh|akk|sem-pro|*bV-|t=in}} Proto-Semitic *bV- (“in”), {{inh|akk|sem-pro|*šuʔa|t=it}} Proto-Semitic *šuʔa (“it”), {{cog|ar|فيه|lit=in it|t=there is/are|tr=fī}} Arabic فيه (fī, “there is/are”, literally “in it”), {{cog|gez|ቦ|lit=in it|t=there is/are}} Ge'ez ቦ (bo, “there is/are”, literally “in it”) Head templates: {{akk-verb|G|a-u|root=b-š-y}} bašûm (G, a-u, durative ibašši, perfect ibtaši, preterite ibši, imperative biši), {{tlb|akk|fromOAkk}} (from Old Akkadian on) Inflection templates: {{akk-conj|class=a-u|root=b-š-y|stem=G}} Forms: ibašši [durative], ibtaši [perfect], ibši [preterite], biši [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bašûm [infinitive], bāšûm [participle], bašûm [adjective], abašši [durative, first-person, singular], abtaši [first-person, perfect, singular], abši [first-person, preterite, singular], lubši [first-person, imperative, singular], tabašši [durative, masculine, second-person, singular], tabtaši [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], tabši [masculine, preterite, second-person, singular], biši [imperative, masculine, second-person, singular], tabaššî [durative, feminine, second-person, singular], tabtašî [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], tabšî [feminine, preterite, second-person, singular], bišî [feminine, imperative, second-person, singular], ibašši [durative, singular, third-person], ibtaši [perfect, singular, third-person], ibši [preterite, singular, third-person], libši [imperative, singular, third-person], nibašši [durative, first-person, plural], nibtaši [first-person, perfect, plural], nibši [first-person, plural, preterite], i nibši [first-person, imperative, plural], tabaššiā [durative, plural, second-person], tabtašiā [perfect, plural, second-person], tabšiā [plural, preterite, second-person], bišiā [imperative, plural, second-person], ibaššû [durative, masculine, plural, third-person], ibtašû [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ibšû [masculine, plural, preterite, third-person], libšû [imperative, masculine, plural, third-person], ibaššiā [durative, feminine, plural, third-person], ibtašiā [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], ibšiā [feminine, plural, preterite, third-person], libšiā [feminine, imperative, plural, third-person], bašû [alternative]
  1. to exist, to be there, present, available
    Sense id: en-bašûm-akk-verb-NqL0bxxC Categories (other): Akkadian entries with incorrect language header, Akkadian terms attested from Old Akkadian on, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Akkadian entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Akkadian terms attested from Old Akkadian on: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 22
  2. to happen
    Sense id: en-bašûm-akk-verb-5u2vbnWW
     
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "abtaši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
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      "form": "abši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "lubši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "tabašši",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ibašši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ibtaši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibašši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibtaši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i nibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabaššiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabtašiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bišiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibaššû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibtašû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ibšû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "libšû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ibaššiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ibtašiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ibšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "libšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bašû",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "root": "b-š-y"
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      "name": "akk-verb"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "fromOAkk"
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      "expansion": "(from Old Akkadian on)",
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        "root": "b-š-y",
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  ],
  "lang": "Akkadian",
  "lang_code": "akk",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "name": "Akkadian entries with incorrect language header",
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          "_dis": "64 36",
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          "_dis": "62 38",
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        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
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              32,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              19
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          ],
          "english": "There is no diviner in the village.",
          "roman": "i-na ka-ap-ri-im ba-ru-um u₂-ul i-ba-aš-ši",
          "text": "𒄿𒈾 𒅗𒀊𒊑𒅎 𒁀𒊒𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to exist, to be there, present, available"
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      "id": "en-bašûm-akk-verb-NqL0bxxC",
      "links": [
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          "exist",
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          "be there",
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        [
          "present",
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        [
          "available",
          "available"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʃuːm/",
      "note": "Old Babylonian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bašûm"
}

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    "Akkadian terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
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    "Akkadian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
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      "form": "abši",
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      "form": "lubši",
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        "imperative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "tabašši",
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        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tabtaši",
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      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "tabtašî",
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tabšî",
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "bišî",
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        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ibašši",
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      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ibtaši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "libši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nibašši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibtaši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i nibši",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabaššiā",
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      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tabtašiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tabšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bišiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibaššû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibtašû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibšû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libšû",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibaššiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "durative",
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibtašiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ibšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libšiā",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bašû",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "G",
        "2": "a-u",
        "root": "b-š-y"
      },
      "expansion": "bašûm (G, a-u, durative ibašši, perfect ibtaši, preterite ibši, imperative biši)",
      "name": "akk-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "akk",
        "2": "fromOAkk"
      },
      "expansion": "(from Old Akkadian on)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "class": "a-u",
        "root": "b-š-y",
        "stem": "G"
      },
      "name": "akk-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Akkadian",
  "lang_code": "akk",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              42
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "english": "There is no diviner in the village.",
          "roman": "i-na ka-ap-ri-im ba-ru-um u₂-ul i-ba-aš-ši",
          "text": "𒄿𒈾 𒅗𒀊𒊑𒅎 𒁀𒊒𒌝 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒁀𒀸𒅆",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to exist, to be there, present, available"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "be there",
          "be there"
        ],
        [
          "present",
          "present"
        ],
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from Old Akkadian on"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "from Old Akkadian on"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/baˈʃuːm/",
      "note": "Old Babylonian"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bašûm"
}

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