šalgum
Akkadian
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *ṯalg- (“snow”). Cognate with Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šɛ́lɛḡ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃal.ɡum/
Noun
editšalgum m (Old Babylonian, Mari, Standard Babylonian)
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
edit- šalāgum (“to snow”)
References
edit- “šalgu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šalgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag