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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *yawm- (“day”). Cognate with Arabic يَوْم (yawm) and Biblical Hebrew יוֹם (yom).
Pronunciation
Noun
ūmum m (construct state ūm or ūmi, plural ūmū m or ūmātum f)
- day, daytime (from sunrise to sunset)
- Synonym: 𒌓𒁕 (urrum)
- Antonyms: 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum), 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒇷𒈝 (līlum)
- day (from midnight to the following midnight)
- (in the plural) period, time, lifetime
- 𒄿𒈾 𒆷𒀀 𒌓𒈪𒋗 [ina lā ūmīšu] ― i-na la-a UD-mi-šu ― at the wrong time
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒌓𒈬𒌝 (UD-mu-um)
- 𒌓𒈠𒄠 (UD-ma-am) (accusative)
- 𒌓𒈪𒅎 (UD-mi-im) (genitive)
- 𒌓𒌝 (UD-um) (construct state)
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