rīmum

Akkadian
Root
r-'-m
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *riʔm- (wild bull). Cognate with Arabic رِئْم (riʔm) and Biblical Hebrew רְאֵם (rəʾem).

Pronunciation

Noun

rīmum m (plural rīmū) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  wild bull

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒄠 (AM)
  • 𒄞𒄠 (GU₄.AM, GUD.AM)
  • 𒄞𒄠𒎌 (GU₄.AM.MEŠ, GUD.AM.MEŠ) (plural)
  • 𒊑𒈬𒌝 (ri-mu-um)
  • 𒊑𒄿𒈬 (ri-i-mu)
  • 𒊑𒂊𒈬 (re-e-mu)
  • 𒊑𒈬 (ri-mu)

Derived terms
  • rīmtum (“wild cow”)
  • rīmāniš (“like a wild bull”)

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