līlum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *layl- (“night”). Cognate with Arabic لَيْل‎ (layl, “nighttime”) and Biblical Hebrew לַיִל‎ (láyil, “night”).

Pronunciation

Noun

līlum m (plural līlū) (Old Babylonian)

  1. evening, night
    Synonyms: 𒆥𒋝 (līliātum), 𒈪 (mūšum), 𒈪 (mušītum)
    Antonym: 𒌓 (ūmum)
Cuneiform spellings
Phonetic
  • 𒇷𒇷𒅎 (li-li-im) (genitive)

Derived terms
  • in līlēn (“in the evening”)
  • līliātum (“evening”)
  • līlâ (“in the evening”)

References
  • “līlu”, 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), “līlum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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