kalbum

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Akkadian

Root
k-l-b
1 term
๐’Œจ๐’‚ ๐’ŽŒ (kalbลซ)
๐’€ฏ๐’Œจ๐’‚  (kalbum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *kalb- (โ€œdogโ€). Cognate with Arabic ูƒูŽู„ู’ุจ (kalb) and Biblical Hebrew ื›ึถึผืœึถื‘ (kษ›ฬlษ›แธ‡).

Pronunciation

Noun

kalbum m (construct state kalab, plural kalbลซ, feminine kalbatum)

  1. dog also as an invective
    ๐’ˆช๐’‰ก๐’Œ ๐’‹ข๐’‰ก๐’ˆ  ๐’…—๐’€ ๐’ [mฤซnum ลกunลซma kalbลซ] โ€• mi-nu-um ลกu-nu-ma ka-al-bu โ€• What are they? (Nothing but) dogs!
  2. dog figurine
  3. (astronomy, with determinative ๐’€ฏ) Hercules (the constellation)

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
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References

  • โ€œkalbuโ€, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ€“2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) โ€œkalbu(m)โ€, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag