ṣeḫērum

Akkadian

Root
ṣ-ḫ-r
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣaɣir-. Cognate with Arabic صَغُرَ (ṣaḡura, to be(come) small, young) and Biblical Hebrew צָעַר (ṣɔʿar, to be small, insignificant).

Pronunciation

Verb

ṣeḫērum (class i)

  1. (size or quantity) to be small, little, few
  2. (age) to be young, little
  3. (law) to be underage, a minor

Noun

ṣeḫērum m

  1. childhood
    𒄿𒈾 𒍢𒄭𒊑𒅀i-na ṣe-ḫe-ri-ia /ina ṣeḫērīya/ ― when I was young (literally, “in my childhood”)

Alternative forms

  • ṣeḫēru (non-mimated)
  • ṣaḫārum, ṣaḫāru (Old Akkadian, Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒍢𒄭𒊒𒌝 (ṣe-ḫe-ru-um)

Derived terms

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