ṭīdum

ṭīdum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṭīn- (“clay”). Cognate with Arabic طِين‎ (ṭīn, “mud”) and Biblical Hebrew טִיט‎ (ṭiṭ, “mud, clay”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ṭīdum m (from Old Babylonian on)

1. mud, clay

Alternative forms

• ṭīdu (non-mimated)
• ṭiddum, ṭiṭṭum, ṭīṭu

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅎 (IM)	𒁲𒁺𒌝 (ṭi-du-um) 𒁲𒄿𒁺 (ṭi-i-du) 𒁲𒁺 (ṭi-du)

Derived terms

• ṭīdiš (“into clay”)

 

References

• “ṭīdu”, 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), “ṭīdu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag