pītum

Cognate with Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּתַח (pɛ́ṯaḥ). See 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm, “to open”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.tum/

pītum m (construct state pīt or pīti, plural pītū) (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

1. opening, aperture, breach, break
2. opening ceremony
3. clasp (of a necklace)

• pītu (non-mimated)
• pitûm, pitû

• “pītu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “pītu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library