sāsum
Akkadian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Semitic *sūs- (“moth”). Cognate with Arabic سُوس (sūs, “moth”) and Biblical Hebrew סָס (sɔs, “clothes moth”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈsaː.sum/
Noun
editsāsum m (plural sāsū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- moth
- (Ras Shamra, Standard Babylonian) a type of stone
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “sāsu”, 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) “sāsu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 319a