nir [WINNOW]

nir [WINNOW] (30x: Ur III, Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. nir "to winnow" Akk. zakû

See dub nir[ejaculate].

[1]		nir
+	-ra (21x/70%); -0 (9x/30%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			12	9			8

11 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to winnow (30x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Umma ^[gikid] nir^*#-ru-um CST 744 5; <nir>-ru-um ma₂ zi₃-da ba-a-dul₉ JCS 02, 194 NBC 1485 2; 1(diš) ^gikid <nir>-ru^!?-[um] MCS 3, 42 02, BM 113149 1; 4(diš) ^gikid <nir>-ru-um MCS 3, 42 05, BM 113146 1; ^dne₃-eri₁₁-gal ^der₃-ra nu-nir Nebraska 37 o iii 71; šu nir-ra zar₃ tab-ba Syracuse 078 3; 2(diš) ma-na siki x nir-ra TSU 034 1. ELA/Ur III/unclear igi hu-ne-nir nar RA 13, 133 2 6. unknown/Ur III/Girsu nu-nir-ra-a lu₂ ^geštukul TCTI 2, 04708 7. unknown/Ur III/Umma 2(diš) ^gikid nir^#-[ru]-um^# UTI 4, 2859 1; 1(diš) kid <nir>-ru-um^# UTI 4, 2877 2.

See: še nir; še nir u.

Akk. zakû "to be(come) clear, pure".

[1994] M. Civil, Farmer's Instructions 95.

See ETCSL: nir=to winnow.

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