amārum

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Akkadian

Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /⁠ʾamara⁠/, “to see; to say”). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, “to say”).

Pronunciation

Verb

amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
    𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!
  2. to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
  3. to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
  4. to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive amārum
Participle āmirum
Adjective amrum
Active Durative Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg ammar āmur ātamar lūmur
2.sg m tammar tāmur tātamar amur
f tammarī tāmurī tātamrī amrī
3.sg immar īmur ītamar līmur
1.pl nimmar nīmur nītamar i nīmur
2.pl tammarā tāmurā tātamrā amrā
3.pl m immarū īmurū ītamrū līmurū
f immarā īmurā ītamrā līmurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
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References

  • “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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