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Akkadian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Compare Classical Syriac ܦܲܓܪܵܐ (paḡrā, “body; corpse”) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּגֶר (pɛ́ḡɛr, “corpse”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈpaɡ.rum/
Noun[edit]
pagrum m (construct state pagar, plural pagrū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- body
- Synonym: (of living beings and objects alike) 𒋢 (zumrum)
- trunk, torso
- self, person (often used as a reflexive pronoun)
- corpse, carcass
Alternative forms[edit]
- pagru (non-mimated)
- paggar (Neo-Babylonian), pagrānu (in the plural, Neo-Babylonian)
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Derived terms[edit]
- pagrā'um (“a kind of sacrifice”)
References[edit]
- “pagru”, 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) “pagru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns