râmum

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Akkadian

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Root
r-'-m
2 terms

Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *r-ʔ-m. Cognate with Arabic رَئِمَ (raʔima, to love).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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râmum m (construct state râm) (from Old Babylonian on)

  1. nominalization of râmum (to love): love, love-making
    𒈬𒊒𒊻 𒊏𒀀𒈪𒅎 [muruṣ râmim]mu-ru-uṣ ra-a-mi-imvenereal disease
    𒊏𒀀𒄠 𒈬𒌨𒁕𒈪𒅎 [râm murtāmim]ra-a-am mu-ur-ta₂-mi-imthe love of a lover
    𒍮𒌝𒈠𒀀𒆪 𒊏𒄠𒅗 [ṣummâku râmka]ṣu-um-ma-a-ku ra-am-kaI long for your love

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Verb

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râmum (G, a, durative irâm, perfect irtām, preterite irām, imperative rām) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1.  to love
    𒈠𒀭𒉡𒌝 𒊭 𒆠𒈠 𒅀𒀀𒋾 𒄿𒊏𒈬𒅗
    [mannum ša kīma yâti irammuka]
    ma-an-nu-um ša ki-ma ia-a-ti i-ra-mu-ka
    Who loves you as much as I do?

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References

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