*bky: 'professional mourner, wailing woman'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*bky
Meaning'professional mourner, wailing woman'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadianbakkāʾu; bakkītu (CAD B 34)CAD B 34gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicbakāyā, fem. bakāytā 'a mourner, especially women hired to make lamentation' (Payne Smith 45)Payne Smith 45

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Notes

Agent noun of S44 *bky- 'to weep, cry, lament'. Akkadian ša bikīti '(professional) mourner' (CAD B 225) is bikītu in a phrase. Arabic bakkāʾ 'one who weeps much' (Lane 242) is an intensive adjective.

Updated 26 October 2026

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