zību

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḏiʔb- (“wolf”). Cognate with Arabic ذِئْب‎ (ḏiʔb) and Biblical Hebrew זְאֵב‎ (zəʾeḇ).

Pronunciation

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈziː.bu/

Noun

zību m

jackal
(also with determinative 𒄷 (^mušen)) vulture

Alternative forms

zībum (mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒉡𒌝𒈠 (NU.UM.MA) 𒉡𒌝𒈠𒄷 (NU.UM.MA^mušen)	𒍣𒄿𒁍 (zi-i-bu)

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