damāqum
Akkadian
| Root |
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| d-m-q |
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Etymology
Compare Amharic ድንቅ (dənḳ, “wonderful, superb”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /daˈmaː.qum/
Verb
damāqum (G, i, durative idammiq, perfect iddamiq, preterite idmiq, imperative dimiq) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to be good, better, improve, prosper, have success, have a good luck
Inflection
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| Infinitive | damāqum | |||||
| Participle | dāmiqum | |||||
| Adjective | damqum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | adammiq | admiq | addamiq | ludmiq | ||
| 2.sg | m | tadammiq | tadmiq | taddamiq | dimiq | |
| f | tadammiqī | tadmiqī | taddamqī | dimqī | ||
| 3.sg | idammiq | idmiq | iddamiq | lidmiq | ||
| 1.pl | nidammiq | nidmiq | niddamiq | i nidmiq | ||
| 2.pl | tadammiqā | tadmiqā | taddamqā | dimqā | ||
| 3.pl | m | idammiqū | idmiqū | iddamqū | lidmiqū | |
| f | idammiqā | idmiqā | iddamqā | lidmiqā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms
- damāqu (non-mimated)
- da'āqu (Neo-Assyrian)
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References
- “damāqu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “damāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag