kabattum
Akkadian
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k-b-t |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *kabid- (“liver”). Cognate with Arabic كَبِد (kabid) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kāḇēḏ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈbat.tum/
Noun
kabattum f (from Old Babylonian on)
- innards
- liver
- Synonym: (extispicy) 𒌍 (amūtum)
- (transferred sense) mood, temper, humour, mind, intention (used in parallelism with 𒊮 (libbum))
Alternative forms
- kabattu (non-mimated)
- kabtatum, kabtatu (poetic)
- kabittu (later, occasionally)
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References
- “kabattu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “kabattu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag