labirum

Akkadian
Root
l-b-r
1 term

Pronunciation

Adjective

labirum (feminine labirtum, masculine plural labirūtum, feminine plural labirātum, predicative labir) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. verbal adjective of labārum:
    1. old
      Antonym: 𒉋 (eššum)
    2. former, previous, long-standing
    3. old-established
    4. (of tablets, nominalized) original, previous
      𒅆𒂠𒊏𒁉𒁶 [kīma labirīšu] ― LIBIR.RA.BI.GIM ― according to its original

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆷𒁉𒊒𒌝 (la-bi-ru-um)
  • 𒆷𒁉𒄿𒀸 (la-bi-i-rum)
  • 𒆷𒁉𒊒 (la-bi-ru)
  • 𒆷𒁁𒊒 (la-be-ru)
  • 𒆷𒁉𒂊𒊒 (la-bi-e-ru)
  • 𒆷𒁉𒊑𒅎 (la-bi-ri-im) (genitive)
  • 𒆷𒄵𒌈 (la-bir-tum) (feminine)
  • 𒆷𒁉𒊒𒌈 (la-bi-ru-tum) (masculine plural)

References
  • “labīru”, 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) “labīru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) “labirum”, in A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, page 502
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