damāqum

Akkadian

Root
d-m-q
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Amharic ድንቅ (dənḳ, “wonderful, superb”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /daˈmaː.qum/

Verb

damāqum (G, i, durative idammiq, perfect iddamiq, preterite idmiq, imperative dimiq) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to be good, better, improve, prosper, have success, have a good luck

   𒇧𒁕 𒅆𒊑𒀀 𒁲𒅎𒋡 [bulṭā, širiā, dimqā] ― bul-ṭa ši-ri-a di-im-qa ― (Ye) be healthy, prosper, have good luck! (leave-taking formula)

   𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅

   [ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]

   DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iq

   I placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		damāqum
Participle		dāmiqum
Adjective		damqum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		adammiq	addamiq	admiq	ludmiq
2.sg	m	tadammiq	taddamiq	tadmiq	dimiq
	f	tadammiqī	taddamqī	tadmiqī	dimqī
3.sg		idammiq	iddamiq	idmiq	lidmiq
1.pl		nidammiq	niddamiq	nidmiq	i nidmiq
2.pl		tadammiqā	taddamqā	tadmiqā	dimqā
3.pl	m	idammiqū	iddamqū	idmiqū	lidmiqū
	f	idammiqā	iddamqā	idmiqā	lidmiqā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• damāqu (non-mimated)
• da'āqu (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆𒂟 (SIG₅) 𒊷 (ŠA₆) (rarely)	𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qum) 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qu)

References

• “damāqu”, 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) “damāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag