šēlebum
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Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šuʕɔ́l).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈʃeː.le.bum/
Noun[edit]
šēlebum m (plural šēlebū) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “šēlebu”, 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) “šēlebu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag