menûm
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Akkadian
[edit]Root |
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m-n-y |
1 term |
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Semitic *mny-. Cognate with Arabic مَنِيّ (maniyy, “ejaculation, sperm”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /meˈnuːm/
Verb
[edit]menûm (G, i, durative imenne, perfect imtene, preterite imne, imperative mene) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)
- to love, be fond of
- Synonym: râmum
Conjugation
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Infinitive | menûm | |||||
Participle | mēnûm | |||||
Adjective | menûm | |||||
Active | Durative | Perfect | Preterite | Imperative | ||
1.sg | emenne | emtene | emne | lumne | ||
2.sg | m | temenne | temtene | temne | mene | |
f | temennî | temtenî | temnî | menî | ||
3.sg | imenne | imtene | imne | limne | ||
1.pl | nimenne | nimtene | nimne | i nimne | ||
2.pl | temenneā | temteneā | temneā | meneā | ||
3.pl | m | imennû | imtenû | imnû | limnû | |
f | imenneā | imteneā | imneā | limneā | ||
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. |
Alternative forms
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References
[edit]- “menû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977