𒃲


𒃲 U+120F2, 𒃲
CUNEIFORM SIGN GAL
← 𒃱
[U+120F1] 		Cuneiform 𒃳 β†’
[U+120F3]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign
𒃲 Sign Number
MZL 553
Deimel 343
HZL 242
Components
𒍦, π’ˆ¨

Derived signs

References
  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), MΓΌnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, Ε umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. RΓΌster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values
Sign 𒃲
Sumerograms GAL
Phonetic values gal/qal, kalβ‚‚

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian 𒃲 (gal, β€œcup; big”)

Logogram

𒃲 β€’ (GAL)

  1. Sumerogram of kāsum (β€œcup”)
  2. Sumerogram of rabΓ»m (β€œbig”)
  3. Sumerogram of ribbatum/rabbatum (β€œarrears”)

Hittite
𒃲
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Symbol

𒃲 β€’ (GAL)

  1. (LÚ)GAL "superior, chief, highest ranking"
    • GAL NA.GAD "chief shepherd"
    • GAL (LÚ)GEΕ TIN "wine chief" (official rank)

Sumerian

Noun

𒃲 β€’ (gal)

  1. a large cup

Etymology 2
Alternative forms of
/gal/
π’„–π’ŒŒ (gu-ul)

Adjective

𒃲 β€’ (gal) (plural 𒃲𒃲 (gal-gal /galgal/))

  1. big, large, great, full-grown
    𒃻 𒃲 ― ninda gal ― large bread
    𒐐𒁹 π’ˆ¦ 𒃲𒃲 ― ninnu-diΕ‘ maΕ‘ gal-gal /ninnu-diΕ‘ maΕ‘ galgal/ ― fifty-one full-grown he-goats

Verb

𒃲 β€’ (gal)

  1. to be big, large, great
  2. to be older, elder, eldest

Derived terms

References
  • β€œπ’ƒ² (gal, β€œcup”)” in ePSD2
  • β€œπ’ƒ² (gal, β€œto be big”)” in ePSD2
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianβ€Ž (doctoral thesis), page 270
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