amārum
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Akkadian[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| '-m-r |
| 1 term |
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /ʾamara/, “to see; to say”). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, “to say”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /aˈmaː.rum/
Verb[edit]
amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
- 𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!
- to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
- to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
- to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation | ||||||
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| Infinitive | amārum | |||||
| Participle | āmirum | |||||
| Adjective | amrum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Perfect | Preterite | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | ammar | ātamar | āmur | lūmur | ||
| 2.sg | m | tammar | tātamar | tāmur | amur | |
| f | tammarī | tātamrī | tāmurī | amrī | ||
| 3.sg | immar | ītamar | īmur | līmur | ||
| 1.pl | nimmar | nītamar | nīmur | i nīmur | ||
| 2.pl | tammarā | tātamrā | tāmurā | amrā | ||
| 3.pl | m | immarū | ītamrū | īmurū | līmurū | |
| f | immarā | ītamrā | īmurā | līmurā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011