zērum
Akkadian
Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic *zarʿ- (“seed”). Cognate with Arabic زَرْع (zarʿ), Aramaic ܙܪܥܐ (zarʿā, “progeny”) and Biblical Hebrew זֶרַע (zɛ́raʿ).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈzeː.rum/
Noun
zērum m (construct state zēr or zēri, plural zērū)
- seed
- semen
- offspring, descendant
Alternative forms
- zēru (non-mimated)
- zīrum, zīru (non-mimated)
- zar'um, zar'u (Old Assyrian)
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References
- “zēru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011