sīsûm

Likely a borrowing from an Indo-European satem-language. Cognate with Compare Hebrew סוּס (sūs), Aramaic סוּסְיָא (sūsəyā), Phoenician 𐤎𐤎 (ss /⁠sys⁠/), Classical Syriac ܣܘܣܝܐ (sūsyā) and Ugaritic 𐎒𐎒𐎆 (ssw). Compare also Arabic سِيسِيّ (sīsiyy, “pony”).

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /siːˈsuːm/

sīsûm m (base sīsā, plural sīsû) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. horse
2. (astronomy) the name of a constellation.

• sīsû (non-mimated)
• sīsum (Old Akkadian)
• sisium (Old Assyrian)

• “sīsû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011