marûm

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Akkadian

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Root
m-r-'
1 term

Etymology

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From the verb 𒈠𒊒𒌑𒌝 (marûm, to fatten).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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marûm (feminine marītum, predicative mari) (Old Assyrian, Babylonian, Nuzi)

  1. fattened (of domestic animals)
  2. (Standard Babylonian, grammar) marû ("slow (pronunciation)", used in the description of Sumerian verbs to refer to the imperfective form)

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References

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