zagiddurû
DRAFT
Variant: zagidrû, zagindurû
Meanings:
(a kind of) lapis lazuli
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Borrowed ＜ Sum.Sumerian za-gìn-duru₅ “sparkling(?) (lit.: wet)/soft(?) lapis”. Schuster-Brandis 2008, 455 transl. “'einer' Balustein”. Sum. duru₅ may refer to either wetness or softness and the stone is said to be pure (ebbu) and shiny (namru) in lex. sources. The attribution is thus perhaps referring to the appearance (“glittering/sparkling (as being) wet”) and not its hardness.