girim [FLOWER]

(53 instances)

girim [FLOWER] (53x: Old Babylonian) wr. gi-rin; gi4-rin; girim; ĝešgi-rim "(to be) pure; (to be) clear; a fruit; a tree; a flower; olive" Akk. ellu; girimmu; hulamīsu; illūru; serdu

[1] cuneiform GI.LAGAB gi-rin
[2] cuneiform GI₄.LAGAB gi4-rin
[3] cuneiform LAGAB girim (girin)
[4] cuneiform GIŠ.GI.LAGAB ĝešgi-rim (gešgi-rim)
+ -0 (53x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 43
[2] 4
[3] 3
[4] 1

14 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. (to be) pure (53x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišgi-rim OB Nippur Ura 1 57. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown gi-rin ED Geography B 31.

2. (to be) clear

3. a fruit

4. a tree

5. a flower

6. olive

Akk. ellu "(ritually) pure"; girimmu "a kind of fruit"; hulamīsu "a tree"; illūru "a flower"; serdu "olive tree".

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 149-150.

See ETCSL: gi-rin=blossom; gi-rin=to be clear.

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