abum
See also: Abum
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”). Cognate with Arabic أَب (ʾab) and Biblical Hebrew אָב (ʔɔḇ).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈa.bum/
Noun
abum m (construct state abi, pronominal state abū or abā or abī, plural abbū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- father
- 1755–1750 BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon, OMNIKA Foundation, transl., Hammurabi Code, The Louvre, Law 195:
- 𒋳𒈠 𒌉 𒀀𒁀𒋗 𒅎𒋫𒄩𒊍 𒈩𒇲𒋗 𒄿𒈾𒀝𒆠𒋢
šum-ma DUMU A.BA-šu im-ta-ḫa-aṣ KIŠIB.LA₂-šu i-na-ak-ki-su- šumma mārum abāšu imtaḫaṣ rittašu inakkisū
- If a son has struck his father, his hand will be cut off.
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- ancestor, forefather
Alternative forms
- abu (non-mimated)
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Derived terms
- abbūtum
Related terms
- abi abim
- abi ummim
References
- “abu A”, 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), “abu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag