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Akkadian
Etymology
Maybe related to Proto-Semitic *p-ṣ-ḥ (“to be bright”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
peṣûm (feminine peṣītum, masculine plural peṣûtum, feminine plural peṣiātum, predicative peṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)
- white, pale, bleached
- (plots of land) cleared, empty
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References
- “peṣû”, 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) “peṣû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag