lītum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (cow). Equivalent to 𒄞 (lûm, bull) +‎ -𒌈 (-tum, feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, wild cow) and Biblical Hebrew לֵאָה (leʔɔ́).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lītum f (construct state līt or līti, plural liātum)

  1. cow
  2. (in the plural) bovines (of both sexes and all ages)

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