rubûm
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Akkadian[edit]
Root |
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r-b-' |
2 terms |
Etymology[edit]
From 𒃲 (rabûm, “to be big”). Cognate with Arabic رَبَا (rabā, “to grow, increase”) and Biblical Hebrew רָבָה (rɔḇɔ́, “to be great, increase”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ruˈbuːm/
Noun[edit]
rubûm m (base rubā, plural rubû) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms[edit]
- rubû (non-mimated)
- rubā'um, rubā'u (Old Assyrian, Middle Assyrian)
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References[edit]
- “rubû”, 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) “rubû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag