ibrum
Akkadian edit
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| '-b-r |
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Etymology edit
From abārum (“to embrace”). Cognate with Arabic خَبِير (ḵabīr, “expert, someone who's well acquaninted with something”) and Biblical Hebrew חָבֵר (ḥɔḇér, “fellow, associate, companion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈib.rum/
Noun edit
ibrum m (construct state ibir, plural ibrū) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- comrade, fellow, friend, colleague, peer, equal (a person of the same status or profession)
- 𒅁𒊒 𒌑𒍣𒊏 𒄣𒊏𒁺 𒅆𒈨𒀀
- ib-ru u₂-ṣi₂-ra qu-ra-du ši-me-a
- /ibrū uṣṣirā qurādū šimeā/
- Attention, comrade! Warriors, listen!
- 𒀠𒆷𒉡𒊌𒅗 𒀀𒄩𒄠 𒅇 𒅁𒊏𒄠 𒌑𒆷 𒄿𒋗
- [allānukka aḫam u ebram ula īšu]
- al-la-nu-uk-ka a-ḫa-am u₃ eb-ra-am u₂-la i-šu
- Apart from you, I have no friend nor fellow.
Alternative forms edit
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Derived terms edit
- ibrūtu (relationship between peers, alliance)
References edit
- “ibru”, 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) “ibru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag