𒈨

Verb

 * 1) to be

Usage notes

 * is only used as a copula. To express the existential meaning of "to be somewhere", "to be there" the verb is used instead.
 * The copula is inflected like an intransitive verb in the perfective. Independent and enclitic forms are in complementary distribution: the enclitic form is used when the copula would otherwise only consist of a vocalic prefix, verbal stem and person suffix; the independent form is used in all other cases.
 * The copula lacks the distinction of tense and aspect. Only the context can clarify whether the copula refers to past, present or future.
 * In Old Sumerian, the final consonant of the person suffixes was not written (so both and  were written ); the third person enclitic form was written.
 * After clitics ending in a vowel, the third person enclitic form was reduced to /m/ already in Old Sumerian. Like other syllable-final consonants, it was never written during that period and only occasionally from Old Akkadian on:

Pronoun

 * 1)  our

Usage notes

 * The /e/ of does not contract with the locative case marker:
 * The /e/ of contracts with the vowel of the genitive case marker, resulting in /ê/:
 * The /e/ of contracts with the vowel of the genitive case marker, resulting in /ê/:

Noun

 * 1) purification priest, magician
 * 2) spell

Verb

 * 1) to be pure, clear