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236 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
Semitic contracts the noun lorm sám is employed lor the verb also, CT.
VIII 49 A 8 and passim. A middle lorm sám+A is employed lor the
verb in Reisner, TU, and Bab. III pl. V obv. 6. Here construed with ra.
galu-usar-bw'ra-rCl in sám, he purchased ol Galuusarbarra.
1. SAR, Writing. sar-l'Ct-bi e-bal, the writing (ol accounts) he has done. Nik.
230 rev. n. Denom. verb, sar=satczru, to write. dub-sar, writer ol tablets,
scribe.
2. SAR, Verdure. sar-sar = ar1;ru,grass, n H,. 44 a 7. [fissar, garden. sar-ra-a,
garden, CT. IX 38 col. III 18. Denom. verb; grow, only ol vegetation,
SUNÚ. sa-ar, sa¡'-ag-e=surrú, CT. XIX 21, 21 f. PossibIy connected
with sal' 3.
3. SAR, SAR Splendour. Vsir, to shine. sál' = namusisatu,radiance. sár-sár=
naspantu, thunderbolt. d·sá,.-sár, Ninib 01 the thunderbolt, Del. HW.
509 a. Denom. verb, sá,.·sá,.= bara1.w, to lighten.
4. SAR, Pre-eminent. Connected with nir 2. sá,. =rabú, great. sczr=sarru,
king, dingir-sár-sár = ilczni I'Ctbúti.
" 5. SAR, Mix. sár-sár= bullulu. ág ·sár-sár= bullulu and l'Ct1;ra1;ru, mix into a
fine paste, then used lor to adorn, SBH. 110.26. See sur 5.
6. SAR, SAR, Hasten. sar=bamatu, lasamu, Vw 4.
*7. SAR, a) Totality. sál'=kissatu, kullatu. ki-sár, the whole earth, an-sár, all
ol heaven. galu sár, all men, CyI B 11,3. Hence sár a very large num­
ber, 36000, Greek cro:po,. Loan-word saru, the world, Adj. sár, complete,
gitmalu.
b) Possibly he re the verb Sál', be abundant, natJasu. Noun; sár = nutJSu.
kibur-gal-gal-ia ni-sár-sál'-ra, where the great bowls are filled with
abundance (uddassú), SBP. 216,8.
1. SI" Be bright, red. M= sámu, Vsig 5.
2. SI, Be firm, true. si=kánu, dialectic lor