amārum

Akkadian

Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

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

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈmaː.rum/

Verb

amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice

   𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!

2. to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
3. to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
4. to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation
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

• amāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆 (IGI) 𒅆𒇲 (IGI.LA₂) 𒅆𒂃 (IGI.DU₈)	𒀀𒈠𒀀𒀸 (a-ma-a-rum) 𒀀𒈠𒀸 (a-ma-rum) 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒊒 (a-ma-a-ru) 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (a-ma-ru)

References

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