aḫum

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See also: ahum and aḫûm

Akkadian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḫw- (“brother”). Cognate with Arabic أَخ (ʔaḵ) and Biblical Hebrew אָח (ʔɔḥ).

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫi, pronominal state aḫū or aḫā or aḫī, plural aḫḫū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. brother
    𒋀𒎌 𒉌𒄿𒉡 [aḫḫū nīnu] ― ŠEŠ.MEŠ ni-i-nu ― We are brothers.
  2. colleague, associate
  3. (correlative) one another, one… the other…
    𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒄩𒄠 𒅎𒈠𒅈
    [aḫum aḫam immar]
    a-ḫu-um a-ḫa-am im-ma-ar
    one sees the other
    𒀀𒄷𒌝 𒀀𒈾 𒀀𒄭𒅎 𒌑𒌌 𒄿𒊏𒂵𒄠
    [aḫum ana aḫim ul iraggam]
    a-ḫu-um a-na a-ḫi-im u₂-ul i-ra-ga-am
    one will not lay claim against the other
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Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

aḫum m (construct state aḫ or aḫi) (from Old Babylonian/Middle Assyrian on)

  1. arm
  2. side of a human, flank of animal, wing of an army
  3. bank, shore, side or edge of a river
  4. arm or handle of an instrument
  5. sleeve or arm-hole
  6. (first) half
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Derived terms
  • aḫûm (“foreign, hostile; unusual, additional”)
  • aḫītum (“additional payment; misfortune”)

See also

  • 𒇿 (pagrum, “body”)
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