amārum
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Akkadian[edit]
Root |
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'-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 | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
1.sg | ammar | āmur | ātamar | lūmur | ||
2.sg | m | tammar | tāmur | tātamar | amur | |
f | tammarī | tāmurī | tātamrī | amrī | ||
3.sg | immar | īmur | ītamar | līmur | ||
1.pl | nimmar | nīmur | nītamar | i nīmur | ||
2.pl | tammarā | tāmurā | tātamrā | amrā | ||
3.pl | m | immarū | īmurū | ītamrū | līmurū | |
f | immarā | īmurā | ītamrā | 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), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011