šalgum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ṯalg- (“snow”). Cognate with Arabic ثَلْج (ṯalj) and Biblical Hebrew שֶׁלֶג (šɛ́lɛḡ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃal.ɡum/ === Noun === šalgum m (Old Babylonian, Mari, Standard Babylonian) snow, sleet ==== Alternative forms ==== šalgu (non-mimated) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “šalgu”, 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), “šalgu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library