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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”). Cognate with Arabic أَب (ʔab) and Biblical Hebrew אָב (ʔɔḇ).
Pronunciation
Noun
abum m (construct state abi, pronominal state abū or abā or abī, plural abbū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- father
1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, translated by OMNIKA Foundation, Hammurabi Code, The Louvre, Law 195:𒋳𒈠 𒌉 𒀀𒁀𒋗 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒈩𒇲𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀝𒆠𒋢- [šumma mārum abāšu imtaḫaṣ rittašu inakkisū]
- šum-ma DUMU A.BA-šu im-ta-ḫa-aṣ KIŠIB.LA₂-šu i-na-ak-ki-su
- If a son has struck his father, his hand will be cut off.
- ancestor, forefather
Cuneiform spellings
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Phonetic
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- 𒀜 (AD)
- 𒀀𒁀 (A.BA)
- 𒀊𒁀 (AB.BA)
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- 𒀀𒁍𒌝 (a-bu-um)
- 𒀀𒁍 (a-bu)
- 𒀀𒁉𒅎 (a-bi-im) (genitive)
- 𒀀𒁉 (a-bi) (genitive, construct state)
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Derived terms
References
- “abu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “abu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag