nam [FATE] N (1035x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, Uncertain, unknown wr. nam; nam₂; nam-ma-ke₄; na; na-am; nam-nam; na-me "fate, destiny; determined order; will, testament; (a derivational morpheme used for making nouns from nouns, particularly abstracts); concern"

See nam kud[curse]V/t, nam kud[swear]V/t, nam tar[decree fate]V/t.

[1]	𒉆	nam
[2]	𒉇	nam₂
[3]	𒉆𒈠𒆤	nam-ma-ke₄
[4]	𒈾	na
[5]	𒈾𒄠	na-am
[6]	𒉆𒉆	nam-nam
[7]	𒈾𒈨	na-me
+	--ma=m.a (9x/1%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		4	30		5	29	17	863	63	10
[2]								2	2
[3]									3
[4]								2
[5]								2
[6]								2
[7]								1

34 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (4x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (30x/3%)

Old Akkadian (5x/0%)

Lagash II (29x/3%)

Ur III (17x/2%)

Old Babylonian (872x/84%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (41x/4%)

Neo-Babylonian (13x/1%)

Hellenistic (8x/1%)

Uncertain (3x/0%)

unknown (7x/1%)

Senses:

1. fate, destiny (1031x/100%)

2. determined order

3. will, testament

4. (a derivational morpheme used for making nouns from nouns, particularly abstracts) [M] (1x/0%)

5. concern (3x/0%)

Akk. šīmtu.

Word ID: o0034803; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034803; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)