rigmum

Akkadian

Root
r-g-m
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎗𐎂𐎎 (rgm, “tale”). Perhaps also Arabic رَجْم (rajm, “(stone) throwing; insults hurling”) and Biblical Hebrew רִגְמָה (riḡmɔ́, hapax legomenon of uncertain meaning, interpreted by some scholars as meaning "shouting crowd"). Compare also Mishnaic Hebrew רֶגֶן (rɛ́ḡɛn, “murmuring, complaint”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈriɡ.mum/

Noun

rigmum m or f (construct state rigim, plural rigmātum f) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. voice, cry
2. sound, noise
3. call, proclamation
4. complaint, request, legal complaint

Alternative forms

• rigmu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅗 (GU₃, KA)	𒊑𒅅𒈬𒌝 (ri-ig-mu-um) 𒊑𒅅𒈬 (ri-ig-mu) 𒍮𒈬 (rig₂-mu) 𒋆𒈬 (rig-mu)

References

• “rigmu”, 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) “rigmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag