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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Ugaritic ๐๐๐ (rgm, โtaleโ). Perhaps also Arabic ุฑูุฌูู
(rajm, โ(stone) throwing; insults hurlingโ) and Biblical Hebrew ืจึดืึฐืึธื (riแธกmษฬ, hapax legomenon of uncertain meaning, interpreted by some scholars as meaning "shouting crowd"). Compare also Mishnaic Hebrew ืจึถืึถื (rษฬแธกษn, โmurmuring, complaintโ).
Pronunciation
Noun
rigmum m or f (construct state rigim, plural rigmฤtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)
- voice, cry
- sound, noise
- call, proclamation
- complaint, request, legal complaint
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References
- โrigmuโ, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956โ2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) โrigmu(m)โ, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag