mūšum

See also: Muş'um

Akkadian

𒈪 (mūšum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mušy- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ, “evening”) and Biblical Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (ʾɛ́mɛš, “night, darkness”).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ʃum/

Noun

mūšum m (construct state mūš or mūši, plural mūšū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

night, nighttime
Synonyms: 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)

Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)

Alternative forms

mūšu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒈪 (GE₆, MI)	𒈬𒋗𒌝 (mu-šu-um) 𒈬𒋙 (mu-šu₂)

Derived terms

mušītum (“night”)
mūšam (“at night”)
mūšamma (“yesterday night”)
mūšiš (“at night”)
mūšurrī (“day and night”)

References

“mūšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns

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