kabātum
Akkadian
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k-b-t |
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Etymology
From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Arabic كَبَّدَ (kabbada, “to place a weight or burden on”) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kɔḇéḏ, “to be heavy; to be honoured”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /kaˈbaː.tum/
Verb
kabātum (G, i, durative ikabbit, perfect iktabit, preterite ikbit, imperative kibit)
- to be/become heavy, fat
- to be/become important, honoured
- to be/become difficult, painful
Inflection
Conjugation | ||||||
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Infinitive | kabātum | |||||
Participle | kābitum | |||||
Adjective | kabtum | |||||
Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
1.sg | akabbit | akbit | aktabit | lukbit | ||
2.sg | m | takabbit | takbit | taktabit | kibit | |
f | takabbitī | takbitī | taktabtī | kibtī | ||
3.sg | ikabbit | ikbit | iktabit | likbit | ||
1.pl | nikabbit | nikbit | niktabit | i nikbit | ||
2.pl | takabbitā | takbitā | taktabtā | kibtā | ||
3.pl | m | ikabbitū | ikbitū | iktabtū | likbitū | |
f | ikabbitā | ikbitā | iktabtā | likbitā | ||
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. |
Alternative forms
- kabātu (non-mimated)
- kabādu (Neo-Assyrian)
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References
- “kabatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011