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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m).
Pronunciation
Noun
dāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū)
- blood
- (Standard Babylonian) lineage
- red wine
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- 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
- 𒁁𒎌 (UŠ₂.MEŠ) (pl)
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References
- “damu”, 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) “dāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag