a ĝar [DEFEAT]

a ĝar [DEFEAT] (18x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. a₂ ĝar; a₂ ĝa₂-ĝa₂; a₂ ĝal₂ "to defeat" Akk. dâşu

(a[arm] + ĝar[place])

[1]		a₂ ĝar (a₂ gar)
[2]		a₂ ĝa₂-ĝa₂ (a₂ ga₂-ga₂)
[3]		a₂ ĝal₂ (a₂ gal₂)
+	-0 (18x/100%).

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3 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to defeat

~ LEX/Ur III/Nippur a₂^# ĝa₂-ĝa₂ = a-hu^#-[um x x x] PBS 05, 136 [OBGT XI] iii 12. ELA/Ur III/Girsu x-giri₃ a₂ ga₂-ga₂^# AnOr 45, 318 58 r i 9. ELA/Ur III/unclear a₂ ^ga₂gar-ra₂ JANES 09, 23 08 1. unknown/Ur III/Ur gu₂-še₃ a₂ he₂-ga₂-ga₂-e gu₂-e ma-an-su₈-be₂ TCS 1, 005 o ii 12.

Akk. dâşu "to treat unjustly, with disrespect".

[2000] F. Karahashi, Sumerian Compound Verbs 76-77.

[1985] M. Civil, Melanges Birot 78.

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