mâtum
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Akkadian[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| m-w-t |
| 3 terms |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *mawut- (“to die”). Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ (māta) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (meṯ).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.tum/
Verb[edit]
mâtum (G, a-u, durative imât, perfect imtūt, preterite imūt, imperative mūt) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to die
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mâtum | |||||
| Participle | māitum | |||||
| Adjective | mītum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Perfect | Preterite | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | amât | amtūt | amūt | lumūt | ||
| 2.sg | m | tamât | tamtūt | tamūt | mūt | |
| f | tamuttī | tamtūtī | tamūtī | mūtī | ||
| 3.sg | imât | imtūt | imūt | limūt | ||
| 1.pl | nimât | nimtūt | nimūt | i nimūt | ||
| 2.pl | tamuttā | tamtūtā | tamūtā | mūtā | ||
| 3.pl | m | imuttū | imtūtū | imūtū | limūtū | |
| f | imuttā | imtūtā | imūtā | limūtā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
- mītum (“dead”)
References[edit]
- “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag