līliātum

Akkadian

Etymology

From 𒇷𒈝 (līlum, “night”) +‎ -𒀀𒌈 (-ātum, plural feminine suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /liː.liˈaː.tum/

Noun

līliātum f pl (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)

1. evening, night

   Synonyms: 𒇷𒈝 (līlum), 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum)

   Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)

Alternative forms

• līliātu (non-mimated)
• līlâtum, līlâtu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆥𒋝 (KIN.SIG)	𒇷𒇷𒀀𒌈 (li-li-a-tum) 𒇷𒆷𒀀𒌈 (li-la-a-tum)

Derived terms

• līliattam (“in the evening”)

References

• “līlâtu”, 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) “līliātum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library