gid [DRAG]

(13 instances)

gid [DRAG] (13x: Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian) wr. gid₂ "to drag, tow (a boat upstream); to pass along, transfer; to flay?; to milk" Akk. šadādu

See gu gid[lean], gu gid[rob], haš gid[pull the reins], ma gid[haul], šu gid[accept], šu gid[examine], šu gid[play].

[1]		gid₂
+	-0 (9x/69%); -da (3x/23%); -de₃ (1x/8%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]			10	1	1

9 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to drag, tow (a boat upstream) (13x/100%)

~ ELA/Ur III/Drehem ma₂ udu im-gid₂ MVN 13, 315 4. ELA/Ur III/Umma u₄ 1(u)-še₃ ma₂ gid₂-da ASJ 09, 241 20 2; u₄ 5(diš)^!?-še₃ ma₂ gid₂-gid₂-da diri-ga ASJ 09, 241 20 4; ma₂ še gid₂-de₃ MVN 13, 277 2. unknown/Middle Babylonian/Ugarit [[gid₂]] = = = ša-da-du MSL 14, 143-144 22 i 7.

See: gu gid; šu gid; šu mah gid.

2. to pass along, transfer

3. to flay?

4. to milk

Akk. šadādu "to drag".

[1993-1997] M. Stol, RlA 8 191.

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 46.

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