kabsum
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Akkadian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from an Aramaic term cognate to Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “tup, wether”), Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kɛ́ḇɛś, “sheep”), and Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈkab.sum/
Noun[edit]
kabsum m (plural kabsū) (once late Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, overall rare)
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “kabsu”, 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) “kabsu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag