dirig [FLOAT]

(313 instances)

dirig [FLOAT] (313x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. dirig "to drift (clouds); to float, glide (along/down); to go; to soak, steep, dissolve in liquid" Akk. alāku; mahāhu; mahāru; neqelpû

[1] cuneiform |SI.A| dirig (diri)
+ -0 (182x/58%); -ga (112x/36%); -ge (17x/5%); -ge4 (2x/1%).
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96 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to drift (clouds) (313x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[diri]] = = = a-la-kum OB Diri Nippur 18a; [[diri]] = = = ša-ba-bu-um OB Diri Nippur 20; [[diri]] = = = ma-ha-hu-um OB Diri Nippur 25; [[diri]] = = = ni-qe3-el-pu-um OB Diri Nippur 3; [[diri]] = = = ma-ha-ru-um OB Diri Nippur 26. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown [[diri]] = = = a-la-kum OB Diri "Oxford" 19; [[diri]] = = = ša-pa-pu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 22; [[diri]] = = = ni-qe2#-[el-pu-um] OB Diri "Oxford" 4; [[diri]] = = = ma-ha-hu-um OB Diri "Oxford" 7. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 ma2 dirig-ga = ša mu-qi3-el-pi-tim OB Lu-Azlag A 303. ELA/Ur III/Umma u4 5(diš)!?-še3 ma2 gid2-gid2-da diri-ga ASJ 09, 241 20 4.

2. to float, glide (along/down)

3. to go

4. to soak, steep, dissolve in liquid

Akk. alāku "to go"; mahāhu "to soak, steep (in liquid)"; mahāru "to face, confront; oppose; receive"; neqelpû "to float, glide (along/down)".

[1984] J. Postgate, BSA 1 106.


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