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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Cognate with Arabic كَبِد (kabid) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kɔḇéḏ).
Pronunciation
Noun
kabattum f (from Old Babylonian on)
- innards
- liver
- Synonym: (extispicy) 𒌍 (amūtum)
- (transferred sense) mood, temper, humour, mind, intention (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum))
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum)
- 𒅗𒁁𒌈 (ka-bat-tum)
- 𒅗𒀊𒋫𒌈 (ka-ab-ta-tum)
- 𒅗𒁁𒌅 (ka-bat-tu)
- 𒅗𒁁𒌓 (ka-bat-tu₂)
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References
- “kabattu”, 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) “kabattu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag