warādum

warādum

Akkadian

Root
w-r-d
2 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic وَرَدَ‎ (warada, “to come”) and Biblical Hebrew יָרַד‎ (yɔraḏ, “to descend”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /waˈraː.dum/

Verb

warādum (class a-i)

1. to descend, go down, come down
2. (clothes) to hang down, droop
3. (numbers, prices) to decrease, drop

Inflection

Conjugation
Infinitive		warādum
Participle		wāridum
Adjective		wardum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		urrid	urid	attarad	lurid
2.sg	m	turrid	turid	tattarad	rid
	f	turridī	turdī	tattardī	ridī
3.sg		urrid	urid	ittarad	lirid
1.pl		nurrid	nurid	nittarad	i nirid
2.pl		turridā	turdā	tattardā	ridā
3.pl	m	urridū	urdū	ittardū	lirdū
	f	urridā	urdā	ittardā	lirdā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• warādu (non-mimated)
• arādum, arādu (non-mimated)
• erēdu (Neo-Babylonian)
• urādu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒇯𒁺 (E₁₁)	𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (wa-ra-du-um) 𒀀𒊏𒁺𒌝 (a-ra-du-um) 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒁺 (a-ra-a-du)

References

• “arādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968