zību

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”). Cognate with Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb) and Biblical Hebrew זְאֵב (zəʾeḇ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈziː.bu/

Noun

zību m

1. jackal
2. (also with determinative 𒄷 (^mušen)) vulture

Alternative forms

• zībum (mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉡𒌝𒈠 (NU.UM.MA) 𒉡𒌝𒈠𒄷 (NU.UM.MAmušen)	𒍣𒄿𒁍 (zi-i-bu)