šēlebum
Akkadian
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𒊺𒇷𒁀𒀭 (šēlebān)
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab- (“fox”). Cognate with Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʿlab) and Biblical Hebrew שׁוּעָל (šuʿɔl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeː.le.bum/
Noun
šēlebum m (plural šēlebū) (from Old Akkadian on)
- fox
- an unidentified star
- a kind of fish
- a kind of bird or locust
Alternative forms
- šēlebu (non-mimated)
- šellebu
- šēlubu (Assyrian)
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References
- “šēlebu”, 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 (1976), “šēlebu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag