nēšum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *naḥaš- (“wild animal”). Cognate with Arabic حَنَش (ḥanaš, “snake, viper”) and Biblical Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nāḥāš, “snake”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈneː.ʃum/
Noun
nēšum m (plural nēšū) (from Old Babylonian on)
- lion
- Synonym: lābum (“lion”)
- (astronomy) Leo (constellation)
Alternative forms
- nēšu (non-mimated)
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References
- “nēšu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 11, N, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1980