šalgum

Akkadian

Root
š-l-g
1 term

𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (šalgum)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg- (“snow”). Cognate with Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šɛ́lɛḡ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈʃal.ɡum/

Noun

šalgum m (Old Babylonian, Mari, Standard Babylonian)

1. snow, sleet

Alternative forms

• šalgu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒊭𒀠𒄖𒌝 (ša-al-gu-um) 𒊩𒄖 (šal-gu) 𒊭𒀠𒄖 (ša-al-gu) 𒊭𒀠𒂵𒄠 (ša-al-ga-am) (accusative)

Derived terms

• šalāgum (“to snow”)

References

• “šalgu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “šalgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag