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Akkadian
Pronunciation
Adjective
arkum (feminine ariktum, masculine plural arkūtum, feminine plural arkātum, predicative arik) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)
- verbal adjective of arākum:
- long (time and size)
- 𒌓𒎌 𒅈𒆪𒌑𒌈 [ūmū arkūtum] ― UD.MEŠ ar-ku-u₂-tum ― a long life (literally, “long days”)
- tall
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- 𒅈𒆪𒌝 (ar-ku-um)
- 𒅈𒆪 (ar-ku)
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Antonyms
References
- “arku”, 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) “arku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag