šammu [Ú : ]
[Country → Plants]
1) a plante , grass , herb (pasture / fodder) ;
šammu kirî : a garden-plant ;
šammu ša alādi : ( medicinal herb) "birth-plant" ;
šammu Šamaš : sunflower ;
: [Ú.UTU :
] : herbal infusion (to be drunk) ;
2)
: [NA4.Ú :
] : emery ;
See also : šamaššammū, šambaliltu, imtu
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *samm "plant, poison"
- Arabic : simm سِمّ "poison"
- Syriac : sammā ܣܲܡܵܐ "poison"