labirum

Akkadian

Root
l-b-r
1 term

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈla.bi.rum/

Adjective

labirum (feminine labirtum, masculine plural labirūtum, feminine plural labirātum, predicative labir) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. verbal adjective of labārum:
   1. old

      Antonym: 𒉋 (eššum)

   2. former, previous, long-standing
   3. old-established
   4. (of tablets, nominalized) original, previous

      𒅆𒂠𒊏𒁉𒁶 [kīma labirīšu] ― LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM ― according to its original

Alternative forms

• labiru (non-mimated)
• laberum, laberu
• labru (Standard Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (SUMUN, TIL) 𒅆𒂠 (LIBIR) 𒅆𒂠𒊏 (LIBIR.RA)	𒆷𒁉𒊒𒌝 (la-bi-ru-um) 𒆷𒁉𒄿𒀸 (la-bi-i-rum) 𒆷𒁉𒊒 (la-bi-ru) 𒆷𒁁𒊒 (la-be-ru) 𒆷𒁉𒂊𒊒 (la-bi-e-ru) 𒆷𒁉𒊑𒅎 (la-bi-ri-im) (genitive) 𒆷𒄵𒌈 (la-bir-tum) (feminine) 𒆷𒁉𒊒𒌈 (la-bi-ru-tum) (masculine plural)

References

• “labīru”, 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) “labīru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) “labirum”, in A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 502