dāmum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *dam- (“blood”). Cognate with Arabic دَم (dam) and Biblical Hebrew דָּם (dɔ́m). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdaː.mum/ === Noun === dāmum m (construct state dām or dāmi, plural dāmū) blood (Standard Babylonian) lineage red wine ==== Alternative forms ==== dāmu (non-mimated) ==== Related terms ==== === References === “damu”, 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), “dāmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library