elûm
Akkadian
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Etymology 1
edit𒂊𒈝 (elum, “top”) + 𒄿 (-ī, nisba suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /eˈluːm/
Adjective
editelûm (feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum, predicative elī)
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editEtymology 2
editCompare the verb elûm (“to go up, arise”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /eˈluːm/
Adjective
editelûm (feminine elītum, masculine plural elûtum, feminine plural eliātum, predicative eli)
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Etymology 3
editCompare the preposition eli (“on, over”). Cognate with Arabic عَلَى (ʕalā, “to climb”) and Biblical Hebrew עָלָה (ʿālâ, “to ascend”).
Verb
editelûm (G, i, durative illi, perfect īteli, preterite īli, imperative eli)
- to be high, raised up
- to go up, ascend, move upwards
- to come up, arrive
- (mathematics) to be the result
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References
edit- “elû”, 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) “elû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns