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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *layl- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic لَيْل (layl, “nighttime”) and Biblical Hebrew לַיִל (láyil, “night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
līlum m (plural līlū) (Old Babylonian)
- evening, night
- Synonyms: 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum)
- Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)
Cuneiform spellings
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- 𒇷𒇷𒅎 (li-li-im) (genitive)
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Derived terms
References
- “līlu”, 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) “līlum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag