šumēlum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *šamʔāl- (left hand/side). Cognate with Arabic شِمَال (šimāl) and Biblical Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (śəmoʔl).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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šumēlum m (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. the left
    Antonyms: 𒍠 (imnum), 𒍠 (imittum)
    1. left side
    2. left hand
    3. (military) left wing (of an army)
    4. neighbour to the left

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Derived terms

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References

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  • “šumēlu”, 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) “šumēlu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag