napištum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *napš- (“life, breath”). Cognate with Arabic نَفْس (nafs) and Biblical Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ (nɛ́p̄ɛš). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /naˈpiʃ.tum/ (Old Assyrian) IPA(key): /naˈpis.tum/ === Noun === napištum f (construct state napišti or napšat, pronominal state napišta, plural napšātum) (from Old Akkadian on) throat Synonyms: kišādum, ḫurḫudum life, vigour, good health, livelihood self, body, person, somebody personnel ==== Alternative forms ==== napištu (non-mimated) napšatum, napšatu napuštu, napultu (Middle Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Nuzi) napaštum, napaštu (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian) === References === “napištu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], volume 11, N, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980