dāmum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈdaː.mum/
Noun
editdāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū)
Alternative forms
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Related terms
edit- bēl dāmim (“murderer, slayer”)
References
edit- “damu”, 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) “dāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag