wēdum

wēdum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔaḥad- (“one, single”). Cognate with Arabic أَحَد‎ (ʾaḥad) and Biblical Hebrew אֶחָד‎ (ʾɛḥɔḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈweː.dum/

Adjective

wēdum (feminine wēttum)

1. single, sole
2. solitary, alone
3. unique

Alternative forms

• wēdu (non-mimated)
• ēdum, ēdu (non-mimated)
• īdum, īdu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒀸 (DILI)	𒉿𒂊𒁺𒌝 (we-e-du-um) 𒉿𒁺𒌝 (we-du-um) 𒂊𒁺𒌝 (e-du-um) 𒂊𒁺 (e-du)

References

• “ēdu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011