User:Tom 144/kabsu

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “tup, wether”), Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kéves, “sheep”), Classical Syriac ככשא (kakhšā, “lamb”), Aramaic כבשא (kabšā, “ram”), and Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Old Babylonian) /ˈkab.t͡sum/
• IPA^(key): (Middle Babylonian) /ˈkab.t͡su/

Noun

𒃢 • (SILA₄)

1. young (male) sheep

Attested forms

Tom 144/kabsu

• 𒃢 (SILA₄)
• 𒆏𒋢 (kab-su)
• 𒆏𒋛 (kab-si)

References

• “kabsu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, page 21