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    The document discusses the origin of the Akkadian word for lamb. It notes that Akkadian scribes borrowed the word from ancient Arabic. Specifically, the Sumerian word "PA" that was used to write the Akkadian word for lamb is actually a pure Arabic word meaning "female lamb". So the Akkadian word for lamb was derived from an ancient Arabic term through linguistic borrowing between the Semitic languages.

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    The document discusses the origin of the Akkadian word for lamb. It notes that Akkadian scribes borrowed the word from ancient Arabic. Specifically, the Sumerian word "PA" that was used to write the Akkadian word for lamb is actually a pure Arabic word meaning "female lamb". So the Akkadian word for lamb was derived from an ancient Arabic term through linguistic borrowing between the Semitic languages.

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    The document discusses the origin of the Akkadian word for lamb. It notes that Akkadian scribes borrowed the word from ancient Arabic. Specifically, the Sumerian word "PA" that was used to write the Akkadian word for lamb is actually a pure Arabic word meaning "female lamb". So the Akkadian word for lamb was derived from an ancient Arabic term through linguistic borrowing between the Semitic languages.

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    The document discusses the origin of the Akkadian word for lamb. It notes that Akkadian scribes borrowed the word from ancient Arabic. Specifically, the Sumerian word "PA" that was used to write the Akkadian word for lamb is actually a pure Arabic word meaning "female lamb". So the Akkadian word for lamb was derived from an ancient Arabic term through linguistic borrowing between the Semitic languages.

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    Akkadian scribes used loanwords from other Semitic tongues to create Sumerian words.

    A unique case is the name for lamb borrowed from ancient Arabic. Akkadian sul (Sumerian origin ;) [Animals] a bait (lamb to catch a wolf ...) ; sila [LAMB] [GAPA] [a2] house ( a13. phonetically)+ PA (ullat2 phonetically) (12368x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Early Old Babylonian, Old Babylonian, 1st millennium) wr. sila4 "lamb" Akk. puhdu [1 ] + -0 (12367x/100%); - (1x/0%). 3500 3000 2500 [1 ] 241 1201 2 2000 107 1500 1000 5 (no date) sila4

    16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table. 1. lamb (12368x/100%) ~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[sila4]] = SILA4 = sa-la-um Ebla Sign List 9. Proto-Semitic: *sa(V)lMeaning: 'lamb' Arabic: sal-atNotes: Metathesis.

    Sumerian PA (ullat2 phonetically) is actually a pure Arabic word because the ending at- denotes the feminine nouns in Semitic languages. The Arabic sal-at- is a female lamb.

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