rīmum

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Akkadian

Root
r-'-m
2 terms
𒍝𒇴 𒄞𒄠 (ṣalam rīmim)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *riʔm- (wild bull). Cognate with Arabic رِئْم (riʔm) and Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם (rəʾem).

Pronunciation

Noun

rīmum m (plural rīmū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  wild bull

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References

  • “rīmu A”, 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) “rīmu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag