aššatum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ʔanθ-at-. Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎘𐎚 (ảṯt /⁠ʔaṯṯatu⁠/), Aramaic אִנְתְּתָא (ʾintəṯā), אִיתְּתָא (ʾittəṯā), Biblical Hebrew אִשָּׁה (ʔiššɔ́) and Arabic أُنْثَى (ʔunṯā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʃ.ʃa.tum/ === Noun === aššatum f (construct state aššat, plural aššātum) (from Old Akkadian on) wife 𒁮 𒀀𒄩𒍪𒌝 [aššatam aḫāzum] ― DAM a-ḫa-zu-um ― to get married (literally, “to take a wife”) 𒁮 𒂊𒍣𒂊𒁍𒌝 [aššatam ezēbum] ― DAM e-ze-e-bu-um ― to get divorced (literally, “to leave a wife”) ==== Alternative forms ==== aššatu (non-mimated) ašti (construct state, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian) alti (construct state, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “aššatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “aššatu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library