nisḫu (1)   (nisa/iḫu ; feminine plural :  : nisḫāni)
[City → Administration]
1)  : extraction
2) the act of extraction , 
 evacuations , [ṣāb nisḫātim] : people torn away from work , runaways ;
3) 
 : (for workers) payment in advance , downpayment ,  [nisḫu ša -place name-] : local tariff -for place name- / due date (?) ;
4) [astronomy] : [ZI :  
 ] : orbital velocity (?) ;
5) result of extraction (stubble, excavated earth, material taken ...) ;
6) (concentrated) extract of oil , (choice) cut of meat ;
7) 
 : section of a tablet series ;
Cf. nasāḫu
See also : nisḫatu, nisiḫtu, nišḫu(1), nusḫu (2), nasīḫu, nasiḫūtu, nāsiḫu, nusāḫu, nassiḫu, nussuḫu, tassuḫtu
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