zamārum
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Akkadian[edit]
| Root |
|---|
| z-m-r |
| 1 term |
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *zamar- (“to make music”). Cognate with Arabic زَمَرَ (zamara, “to play a reed instrument”) and Biblical Hebrew זִמֵּר (zimmer, “to sing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /zaˈmaː.rum/
Verb[edit]
zamārum (class u)
- to sing (with or without instrumental accompaniment)
Conjugation[edit]
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | zamārum | |||||
| Participle | zāmirum | |||||
| Adjective | zamrum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Perfect | Preterite | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | azammur | azzamur | azmur | luzmur | ||
| 2.sg | m | tazammur | tazzamur | tazmur | zumur | |
| f | tazammurī | tazzamrī | tazmurī | zumrī | ||
| 3.sg | izammur | izzamur | izmur | lizmur | ||
| 1.pl | nizammur | nizzamur | nizmur | i nizmur | ||
| 2.pl | tazammurā | tazzamrā | tazmurā | zumrā | ||
| 3.pl | m | izammurū | izzamrū | izmurū | lizmurū | |
| f | izammurā | izzamrā | izmurā | lizmurā | ||
| 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]
- “zamāru A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011