qimmatum
Akkadian
| Root |
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| q-m-m |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Compare Arabic قِمَّة (qimma, “top, peak”) and Tigre ጋሜ (gamme, “frontlet, headband”).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈqim.ma.tum/
Noun
qimmatum f (plural qimmātum) (Boghazkeui, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)
- hair (of the head), tuft, plume
- crown, top (of a tree or plant)
- (figurative) top
- decorative element of a building, column or other architectural element
- part of the disk of the moon
Inflection
| Declension | ||||
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| singular | dual | plural | ||
| Nominative | qimmatum | qimmatān | qimmātum | |
| Genitive | qimmatim | qimmatīn | qimmātim | |
| Accusative | qimmatam | qimmatīn | qimmātim | |
| Construct state | qimmat | |||
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. Not all of the entries may be attested. | ||||
Alternative forms
- qimmatu (non-mimated)
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References
- “qimmatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011