šaplûm
See also: šaplum
Akkadian
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Etymology
From 𒆠𒋫 (šaplum, “bottom”) + -ī (nisba suffix). Compare Arabic سُفْلِيّ (sufliyy, “lower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃapˈluːm/
Adjective
šaplûm (base šaplī, feminine šaplītum, masculine plural šaplûtum, feminine plural šapliātum) (Old Babylonian)
- lower
- Antonym: elûm (“upper”)
- suffixed (of Sumerian grammar)
- of lower/inferior quality
Alternative forms
- šaplû (non-mimated)
- šaplium, šapliu (Assyrian)
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Related terms
- šapliš (“below”)
- šaplītum (“lower part; the netherworld”)
References
- “šaplû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 17, Š, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1989
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “šaplû(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns