peṣûm

Akkadian
Root
p-ṣ-y
1 term

Etymology

Maybe related to Proto-Semitic *p-ṣ-ḥ (“to be bright”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

peṣûm (feminine peṣītum, masculine plural peṣûtum, feminine plural peṣiātum, predicative peṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. white, pale, bleached
  2. (plots of land) cleared, empty

Alternative forms
  • peṣû (non-mimated)
  • paṣ'um, paṣûm, paṣû
  • paṣium, paṣiu (Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉿𒍮𒌑 (pe-ṣu-u₂)
  • 𒉿𒍪𒌑 (pe-ṣu₂-u₂)
  • 𒉿𒍮𒌋 (pe-ṣu-u)

See also
    Colors in Akkadian · 𒊺𒂅 (šimtum) (layout · text)
         𒌓 (peṣûm)           𒈪 (ṣalmum)
                 𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒋛𒀀 (sāmum)              𒅊 (warqum)
                              𒅊 (warqum)             
                                          
                                          

    References
    • “peṣû”, in 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) “peṣû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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