makārum
Akkadian
| Root |
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| m-k-r |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
Cognate with Biblical Hebrew מָכַר (mɔḵar, “to sell”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /maˈkaː.rum/
Verb
makārum (G, a, durative imakkar, perfect imtakar, preterite imkar, imperative makar) (Old Assyrian, Ras Shamra, rare)
- to do business, use (silver, etc) in business transactions
Inflection
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | makārum | |||||
| Participle | mākirum | |||||
| Adjective | makrum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | amakkar | amkar | amtakar | lumkar | ||
| 2.sg | m | tamakkar | tamkar | tamtakar | makar | |
| f | tamakkarī | tamkarī | tamtakrī | makrī | ||
| 3.sg | imakkar | imkar | imtakar | limkar | ||
| 1.pl | nimakkar | nimkar | nimtakar | i nimkar | ||
| 2.pl | tamakkarā | tamkarā | tamtakrā | makrā | ||
| 3.pl | m | imakkarū | imkarū | imtakrū | limkarū | |
| f | imakkarā | imkarā | imtakrā | limkarā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms
- makāru (non-mimated)
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References
- “makāru B”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 1, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
- Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns