šuršum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *šurš- (“root”). Cognate with Arabic شِرْش (širš) and Biblical Hebrew שֹׁרֶשׁ (šórɛš). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃur.ʃum/ === Noun === šuršum m (construct state šuruš, plural šuršū) (from Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian on) root base, foundation ==== Alternative forms ==== šuršu (non-mimated) ==== Derived terms ==== šuršiš (“to/by the roots”) === References === “šuršu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “šuršu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library