๐’ƒฒ


๐’ƒฒ U+120F2, 𒃲
CUNEIFORM SIGN GAL
โ† ๐’ƒฑ
[U+120F1] 		Cuneiform ๐’ƒณ โ†’
[U+120F3]

Translingual

Cuneiform sign

๐’ƒฒ Sign Number
MZL 553
Deimel 343
HZL 242
Components
๐’ฆ, ๐’ˆจ

Derived signs

References

  • R. Borger, Mesopotamisches Zeichenlexikon (MZL), Mรผnster (2003)
  • A. Deimel, ล umerisches Lexikon (Deimel), Rome (1947)
  • Chr. Rรผster, E. Neu, Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon (HZL), Wiesbaden (1989)

Akkadian

Sign values

Sign ๐’ƒฒ
Sumerograms GAL
Phonetic values gal/qal, kalโ‚‚

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Sumerian ๐’ƒฒ (gal, โ€œcup; bigโ€)

Logogram

๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (GAL)

  1. Sumerogram of kฤsum (โ€œcupโ€)
  2. Sumerogram of rabรปm (โ€œbigโ€)
  3. Sumerogram of ribbatum/rabbatum (โ€œarrearsโ€)

Hittite

๐’ƒฒ
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Symbol

๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (GAL)

  1. (Lรš)GAL "superior, chief, highest ranking"
    • GAL NA.GAD "chief shepherd"
    • GAL (Lรš)GEล TIN "wine chief" (official rank)

Sumerian

Etymology 1

Noun

๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (gal)

  1. a large cup

Etymology 2

Alternative forms of
/gal/
๐’„–๐’ŒŒ (gu-ul)

Adjective

๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (gal) (plural ๐’ƒฒ๐’ƒฒ (gal-gal /โ galgalโ /))

  1. big, large, great, full-grown
    ๐’ƒป ๐’ƒฒ โ€• ninda gal โ€• large bread
    ๐’๐’น ๐’ˆฆ ๐’ƒฒ๐’ƒฒ โ€• ninnu-diลก maลก gal-gal /ninnu-diลก maลก galgal/ โ€• fifty-one full-grown he-goats

Verb

๐’ƒฒ โ€ข (gal)

  1. to be big, large, great
  2. to be older, elder, eldest

Derived terms

References

  • โ€œ๐’ƒฒ (gal, โ€œcupโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • โ€œ๐’ƒฒ (gal, โ€œto be bigโ€)โ€ in ePSD2
  • Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerianโ€Ž[1] (doctoral thesis), page 270
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