gan [BEAR]

(12 instances)

gan [BEAR] (12x: ED IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium) wr. gan "to bear young; child-bearing" Akk. (w)alādu

[1] cuneiform GAN gan
+ -0 (11x/92%); -na (1x/8%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 1 1 9 1

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. to bear young (12x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[gan]] = GAN Ebla Sign List 19. ELA/Ur III/Girsu gan-na-a-a engar ABTR 06 6.

See: uzud gan.

2. child-bearing

Akk. (w)alādu "to give birth (to)".

See ETCSL: gan=(child)bearing.

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