tišīt

See also: tišit and tīsit

Akkadian

Akkadian numbers ^(edit)

←  8	9	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: tišīt     Ordinal: tešûm     Multiplier: tešîšu     Fractional: tešât

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *tišʕ- (“nine”). Cognate with Arabic تِسْعَة (tisʕa) and Biblical Hebrew תִּשְׁעָה (tišʿɔ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /tiˈʃiːt/

Numeral

tišīt m (feminine absolute tiše, masculine free form tišītum, feminine free form tišûm)

1. nine, 9

Alternative forms

• tišēt, tešīt
• tilti (Standard Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒑆 (ILIMMU)	𒋾𒅆𒀉 (ti-ši-it) 𒋾𒊺𒀉 (ti-še-et) 𒋾𒅋𒋾 (ti-il-ti)

References

• “tiše”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011