parāsu  [KUD : ]  (vb. a/u)

1) to cut off , offerings, sustenance : to withhold , evil : to keep away ; ennemy ... : šēp X parāsu : to exclude , to keep off , not to let into / to forbid access to land, temple ... ; 2) child : to wean ; 3) person, animal, grain : to select , pick out , timespan : to set aside , money : to earmark (?) ; 4) tears, diarrhoea : to stop , to dry ; 5) access : to block , to bar , alakta parāsu : to block the way; 6) journey, activity, parturition, noise of humanity ... : to cut off , to abolish , to break off , to discontinue , to cancel / to abort plan ? ; 7) part of the body, space, container : to divide up , to section , to partition ; 8) god : to set at variance a human with ; 9) to decide / to determine , see šiāmu ; dīna parāsu to reach decision, to judge ; absolute : to arbitrate between persons , to serve as an umpire (?) ; 10) watercourse, manpower ?, traffic ?, funds ?, supplies ? : to divert ; 11) warkata parāsu to investigate , to establish facts ; : eli / elina muḫḫi X parāsu : to decide against , to condemn to + accusative ;

Cf. paras, ašar šēpu parsat, parsu

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