rigmum
Akkadian
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Etymology
editCognate with Ugaritic 𐎗𐎂𐎎 (rgm, “tale”). Perhaps also Arabic رَجْم (rajm, “(stone) throwing; insults hurling”) and Biblical Hebrew רִגְמָה (riḡmɔ́, hapax legomenon of uncertain meaning, interpreted by some scholars as meaning "shouting crowd"). Compare also Mishnaic Hebrew רֶגֶן (rɛ́ḡɛn, “murmuring, complaint”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈriɡ.mum/
Noun
editrigmum m or f (construct state rigim, plural rigmātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “rigmu”, 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) “rigmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag