Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Akkadian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒀭𒆘 (dalad /alad/, “male protective spirit”)
Logogram
[edit]𒀭𒆘 • (dALAD)
- Sumerogram of šēdum (male protective spirit)
Sumerian
[edit]𒀭 | 𒆘 |
Etymology
[edit]From 𒀭 (d, determinative for deities) + 𒆘 (alad, “a type of spirit”).
Proper noun
[edit]𒀭𒆘 • (dalad /alad/)
- an alad spirit (a male tutelary deity, corresponding to the Akkadian šēdum)
- Coordinate term: (female counterpart) 𒀭𒆗 (dlammar /lammar/)
References
[edit]- “𒀭𒆘 (alad)” in ePSD2