nēšum
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Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (“lion”). Cognate with Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš, “snake, viper”) and Biblical Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nɔḥɔš, “snake”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈneː.ʃum/
Noun
[edit]nēšum m (plural nēšū) (from Old Babylonian on)
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- nēštum (“lioness”)
References
[edit]- “nēšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980