nēšum
Akkadian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (“lion”). Cognate with Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš, “snake, viper”) and Biblical Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nɔḥɔš, “snake”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈneː.ʃum/
Noun edit
nēšum m (plural nēšū) (from Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms edit
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Derived terms edit
- nēštum (“lioness”)
References edit
- “nēšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980