sud [FLICK] V/i (27x) Ur III, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Uncertain wr. sud; su₃-su₃; su₃-ud; su-us₂; su₁₃-ud "to flick, undulate, wave; to hover; to flit, chase about; to wriggle, writhe"

[1]	𒋤	sud
[2]	𒋤𒋤	su₃-su₃
[3]	𒋤𒌓	su₃-ud
[4]	𒋢𒍑	su-us₂
[5]	𒁍𒌓	su₁₃-ud
+	--da=d.a (2x/7%).

	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	2	7	3
[2]		6	3	1
[3]		1	2
[4]		1
[5]		1

17 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Ur III (2x/7%)

Old Babylonian (16x/59%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/30%)

Uncertain (1x/4%)

Verbal prefixes: ba ; ba.n ; ba.ni.n ; mu.n ; mu.na .

Senses:

1. to flick, undulate, wave (27x/100%)

2. to hover

3. to flit, chase about

4. to wriggle, writhe

Akk. našarbuṭu.

Lexical Associations

nazāzu[make a swishing sound]V ša[of]DET zibbatu[tail]N (// sud[flick])

su₃-su₃ = nu-us-su-su ša₂ KUN (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o i 41).

šêlu[sharpen]V ša[of]DET x (// sud[flick])

sud = MIN<(še-e-lum)> ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] (CT 18, pl. 32, 34-35, K 02008 o ii 13').

šamāṭu[tear away]V ša[of]DET idu[arm]N x (// a[arm] sud[flick])

a₂ ba-su₃-su₃ = MIN<(ša₂-ma-ṭu)> ša₂ i-di [...] (CT 19, pl. 46, K 04597 o ii 5).

hanābu[sprout]V (// siki[hair] sud[flick])

[siki su₃]-⸢su₃^?⸣ = ḫa-na-bu (CT 18, pl. 33-35, K 04370+ r ii 26').

References for all phrases

sud[flick]

su₃-su₃ = nu-us-su-su ša₂ KUN (CT 12, pl. 40-41, K 00039 o i 41).

sud = MIN<(še-e-lum)> ⸢ša₂⸣ [...] (CT 18, pl. 32, 34-35, K 02008 o ii 13').

a[arm] sud[flick]

[a₂] ⸢su₃⸣ = [...] (K 11167+ i' 6', i' 7').