ašrul(i)-

The word is found in NS fragments of birth rituals, possibly with mythological content.

[E.R.]

acc. sg. c.	aš-ru-li-˹en˺	KUB 35.123 iv 11	(CTH 768, LNS)
	[aš-r]u-li-en	KUB 35.123 iv 16	(CTH 768, LNS)
nom./acc. pl. n.	aš-ru-la	KBo 13.263, 4	(CTH 766, NS)

Checked against the photographs of the Konkordanz.

[E.R.]

Since the word is attested only in fragmentary contexts, the assignment of meaning as ‘female’ is wholly dependent on that of its denominative abstract noun ašrulaḫi(t)- ‘femininity’ (see Otten 1953a:33 and Meriggi 1957b:222, accepted by most scholars, e.g. HW (2nd ed.):423, Carruba 1982a:2, CLL:37, Starke 1990a:160f., 170f. et al., HEG Š:861, Oettinger 1986c:123-125, Ünal 2007a:73, Yakubovich 2013a:91, but still differently Laroche 1959a:34: “Sens inconnu” and Weitenberg 1984a:294).

[E.R.]

Starting from ašr(i)-, parallel to annar(i)- ‘having strength inside’ → *annaru- ‘masculinity’ in anarumm(i)-), a u-stem *asru- ‘feminity’ was formed (see Meriggi 1957a:222). This was derived with an adjectival *-lo- suffix, resulting in ašrul(i)- as attested.Szemerényi 1966a:215-220 and Carruba 1991a:156-158, id. Carruba 1998c:78 favor a segmentation *asr- + -ul-, but in view of the origin of the abstract suffix -ul- < *-u-lo- (see Rieken 2008a) this amounts to almost the same solution.

[E.R.]

Outdated Laroche 1978-1979a:58, with a phonologically implausible assumption of borrowing from Hurrian (see already Starke 1990a:170). For an etymological connection with non-Anatolian Indo-European cognates, see under Reconstruction.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. *ašr(i)-.