ašraḫitašša/i-
‘feminity’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 748
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
ašraḫitašša/i-
‘feminity’1.1.1Transmission
A form with Luwian inflexion of this lexeme is found a NH oracle report, while another one with Hittite inflexion occurs in a NS ritual text.
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1.1.2Forms
Luwian form:
| gen. adj. acc. sg. c. | aš-ra-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-in | KUB 5.10 i 7, 9 | (CTH 567, NS) |
Hittite form:
| gen. sg. | aš-ra-ḫi-ia-aš | KUB 59.6 i 16’ | (CTH 670, NS) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Attestation in KUB 5.10 checked against the autograph, that of KUB 59.6 against the photograph of the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
In addition to the transparent derivation (ašr(i)- ‘woman’ + abstract suffix -aḫit- + gen. adj. suffix -ašša/i-), the meaning ‘feminity’ is further corroborated by the fact that the genitival adjective ašraḫitašša/i- is used to specify a festival celebrated for the Šauška of Ninive, for whom the female sex is an issue due to her bisexual status (see already Starke 1990a:170f. with a parallel from the Hurrian passage KUB 27.1 ii 15). Unfortunately, the deity of the EZEN4 ašraḫiyaš in KUB 59.6 is unknown.
The meaning assignment of ašr(i)- ‘woman’, in turn, is based on that of ašrulāḫi(t)- (see under Lemma, with references).
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For the lemma head seeCLuw. *asr(i)-.