rigmum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎗𐎂𐎎 (rgm /⁠rigmu⁠/, “word”). Perhaps also Arabic رَجْم (rajm, “(stone) throwing; insults hurling”) and Biblical Hebrew רִגְמָה (riḡmɔ́, hapax legomenon of uncertain meaning, interpreted by some scholars as meaning "shouting crowd"). Compare also Mishnaic Hebrew רֶגֶן (rɛ́ḡɛn, “murmuring, complaint”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈriɡ.mum/ === Noun === rigmum m or f (construct state rigim, plural rigmātum f) (from Old Akkadian on) voice, cry sound, noise call, proclamation complaint, request, legal complaint ==== Alternative forms ==== rigmu (non-mimated) === References === “rigmu”, 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), “rigmu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library