rīmum

Akkadian

Root
r-'-m
2 terms

𒍝𒇴 𒄞𒄠 (ṣalam rīmim)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈriː.mum/

Noun

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

1.  wild bull

Alternative forms

• rīmu (non-mimated), rēmu, ri'mu

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)‎^[1], 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