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]

Verb[edit]

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-murlook!
  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[edit]

Conjugation
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]

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

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