mūšum

 

From Proto-Semitic *mušy- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic مَسَاء (masāʔ, “evening”) and Biblical Hebrew אֶמֶשׁ (ʾɛ́mɛš, “night, darkness”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ʃum/

mūšum m (construct state mūš or mūši, plural mūšū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. night, nighttime

   Synonyms: 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)

   Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)

• mūšu (non-mimated)

• “mūšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns