kabsum

Akkadian

Etymology

Borrowed from an Aramaic term cognate to Arabic كَبْش (kabš, “tup, wether”), Hebrew כֶּבֶשׂ (kɛ́ḇɛś, “sheep”), and Phoenician 𐤊𐤁𐤔 (kbš, “sheep”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈkab.sum/

Noun

kabsum m (plural kabsū) (once late Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, overall rare)

1. young male sheep

Alternative forms

• kabsu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒃢 (SILA₄)	𒆏𒋢 (kab-su)

References

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