līliātum
Akkadian
Etymology
From 𒇷𒈝 (līlum, “night”) + -𒀀𒌈 (-ātum, plural feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /liː.liˈaː.tum/
Noun
līliātum f pl (Old Akkadian, Babylonian)
- evening, night
- Synonyms: 𒇷𒈝 (līlum), 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum)
- Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)
Alternative forms
- līliātu (non-mimated)
- līlâtum, līlâtu
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Derived terms
- līliattam (“in the evening”)
References
- “līlâtu”, 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 (2000), “līliātum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag