sal [THIN] V/i (525x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. sal; sal₄; sal-sal; sal-la; sa-la; sal^sa-^al; za-za-al "(to be) thin, fine; to make thin; to spread out; to winnow"

See saŋ sal[unmng]V/t, še sal[spread out barley]V/t, še sala[winnowed grain]N, zar sal[spread out sheaves]V/t, zar.eš sal[pile up like sheaves]V/t.

[1]	𒊩	sal
[2]	𒋡	sal₄
[3]	𒊩𒊩	sal-sal
[4]	𒊩𒆷	sal-la
[5]	𒊓𒆷	sa-la
[6]	𒊩𒊓𒀠	sal^sa-^al
[7]	𒍝𒍝𒀠	za-za-al
+	--la=l.a (320x/61%); --le=l.e (1x/0%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	33		25	5	38	135	47	2
[2]		1	51		8		124
[3]		1			2		2	23	20
[4]								2
[5]									1
[6]									1
[7]									1

66 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (5x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (84x/16%)

Old Akkadian (35x/7%)

Lagash II (5x/1%)

Ur III (164x/31%)

Old Babylonian (160x/30%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (17x/3%)

Neo-Assyrian (27x/5%)

Neo-Babylonian (13x/2%)

Hellenistic (12x/2%)

unknown (2x/0%)

Verbal prefixes:V; V.b.ta; V.m; V.n; Vmma.b; Vmma.n; ba; ba.da; ba.da.n; ba.i.b; ba.i.n; ba.n; ba.n.da; ha; ha.V.ra.b; ha.mu.a.b; mu.i.b; mu.n; mu.n.*u; mu.ra.n.

Senses:

1. (to be) thin, fine (466x/89%)

2. to make thin [V/t] (20x/4%)

3. to spread out [V/t] (39x/7%)

4. to winnow [V/t]

Akk. raqāqu.

Bibliography

[1986] K. Maekawa, ASJ 8 93-96.

Word ID: o0037584; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0037584; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)