rigmum
Akkadian
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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
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /หriษก.mum/
Noun
rigmum m or f (construct state rigim, plural rigmฤtum f) (from Old Akkadian on)
Alternative forms
- rigmu (non-mimated)
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References
- โrigmuโ, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)โ[1], 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, via the electronic Babylonian Library