mâtum
Akkadian
| Root |
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| m-w-t |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mawut- (“to die”). Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ (māta) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (meṯ).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.tum/
Verb
mâtum (G, a-u, durative imât, perfect imtūt, preterite imūt, imperative mūt) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to die
Inflection
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mâtum | |||||
| Participle | māitum | |||||
| Adjective | mītum | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | amât | amūt | amtūt | lumūt | ||
| 2.sg | m | tamât | tamūt | tamtūt | mūt | |
| f | tamuttī | tamūtī | tamtūtī | mūtī | ||
| 3.sg | imât | imūt | imtūt | limūt | ||
| 1.pl | nimât | nimūt | nimtūt | i nimūt | ||
| 2.pl | tamuttā | tamūtā | tamtūtā | mūtā | ||
| 3.pl | m | imuttū | imūtū | imtūtū | limūtū | |
| f | imuttā | imūtā | imtūtā | limūtā | ||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation. | ||||||
Alternative forms
- mâtu (non-mimated)
- muātum, muātu (Assyrian)
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Derived terms
- mītum (“dead”)
References
- “mūtu”, 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), “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag