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dāmum

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Akkadian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *dam- (blood). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū)

  1. blood
  2. (Standard Babylonian) lineage
  3. red wine

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References

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  • “damu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “dāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag