๐’€ญ


๐’€ญ U+1202D, 𒀭
CUNEIFORM SIGN AN
โ† ๐’€ฌ
[U+1202C] 		Cuneiform ๐’€ฎ โ†’
[U+1202E]

Translingual

Symbol

๐’€ญ

  1. Cuneiform sign AN.

๐’€ญ

Cuneiform sign AN

  • Borger (2003): 10
  • Borger (1981): 13
  • HZL: 8
  • Unicode: U+1202D ๐’€ญ
phonetic values
  • Sumerian: AN, DINGIR
  • Akkadian: รฌl
  • Hittite: an
meanings
  • AN "heaven"
  • DINGIR "deity"
    • as a determiner abbreviated to D, e.g. DEN.LรL=Enlil
  • AN.BAR "iron"
  • NANNA=AN.NA "tin"
  • KUR AN.TA "upland"
  • AN KI "heaven and earth"
  • AN GE6 "eclipse (of a celestial body)"
evolution
originally a drawing of a star; in Sumerian cuneiform consisting of four crossing wedges, , in Assyrian cuneiform simplified to .

References
  • R. Borger, Assyrisch-Babylonische Zeichenliste, 2nd ed., Neukirchen-Vluyn (1981)
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon, Mรผnster (2003).
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *สพil- (โ€œdeityโ€).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Old Babylonian) /หˆi.lum/
  • IPA(key): (Middle Babylonian) /หˆi.lu/

Noun

๐’€ญ (ilum) m

[DINGIR]
  1. (logogram) god, deity
  2. (rare) priest
Inflection
Transcription
Masculine singular dual plural
nominative ilum ilฤn ilลซ
genitive ilim ilฤซn ilฤซ
accusative ilam ilฤซn ilฤซ
Bound form il
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.
Cuneiform
Masculine singular dual plural
nominative ๐’€ญ๐’Œ ๐’€ญ๐’€ญ ๐’€ญ๐’Œ‹
DINGIR-um DINGIR-an DINGIR-u
genitive ๐’€ญ๐’…Ž ๐’€ญ๐’…” ๐’€ญ๐’„ฟ
DINGIR-im DINGIR-in DINGIR-i
accusative ๐’€ญ๐’„  ๐’€ญ๐’…” ๐’€ญ๐’„ฟ
DINGIR-am DINGIR-in DINGIR-i
Bound form ๐’€ญ
DINGIR
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.

Noun

๐’€ญ (ilatuโ€นmโ€บ) f

[DINGIR]
  1. (logogram) goddess
Inflection
Transcription
Feminine singular dual plural
nominative iltum iltฤn ilaฬ„tum
genitive iltim iltฤซn ilaฬ„tim
accusative iltam iltฤซn ilaฬ„tim
Bound form ilat
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.
Cuneiform
Masculine singular dual plural
nominative ๐’€ญ๐’Œˆ ๐’€ญ๐’‹ซ๐’€ญ ๐’€ญ๐’€€๐’Œˆ
DINGIR-tum DINGIR-ta-an DINGIR-a-tum
genitive ๐’€ญ๐’ด ๐’€ญ๐’‹พ๐’…” ๐’€ญ๐’€€๐’ด
DINGIR-tim DINGIR-ti-in DINGIR-a-tim
accusative ๐’€ญ๐’Œ“ ๐’€ญ๐’‹พ๐’…” ๐’€ญ๐’€€๐’ด
DINGIR-tam DINGIR-ti-in DINGIR-a-tim
Bound form ๐’€€๐’€œ
DINGIR-at
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *ลกamฤy- (โ€œsky, heavenโ€).

Noun

๐’€ญ (ลกamรป)

[AN]
  1. (logographic, plural only) sky (Often spelled ๐’€ญ๐’ˆจ๐’Œ (AN.MEล )
Inflection
Transcription
Masculine singular dual plural
nominative โ€“ โ€“ ลกamรป
โ€“ โ€“
genitive โ€“ โ€“ ลกamรฎ
โ€“ โ€“
accusative โ€“ โ€“ ลกamรฎ
โ€“ โ€“
Bound form โ€“
โ€“
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.
Cuneiform
Masculine singular dual plural
nominative โ€“ โ€“ ๐’Œ‹๐’Œ‹
โ€“ โ€“ u-u
genitive โ€“ โ€“ ๐’„ฟ๐’„ฟ
โ€“ โ€“ i-i
accusative โ€“ โ€“ ๐’„ฟ๐’„ฟ
โ€“ โ€“ i-i
Bound form โ€“
โ€“
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For

declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal declension.

Etymology 3

From Sumerian ๐’€ญ (AN, โ€œAnuโ€).

Proper noun

๐’€ญ (anuโ€นmโ€บ)

  1. Anu

Determinative

๐’€ญ (d)

[DINGIR]
  1. god, deity

References

Sumerian

Noun

๐’€ญ (DINGIR)

  1. deity
  2. god
  3. goddess
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