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Akkadian
Etymology
Compare Amharic ድንቅ (dənḳ, “wonderful, superb”).
Pronunciation
Verb
damāqum (G, i, durative idammiq, perfect iddamiq, preterite idmiq, imperative dimiq) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to be good, better, improve, prosper, have success, have a good luck
- 𒇧𒁕 𒅆𒊑𒀀 𒁲𒅎𒋡 [bulṭā, širiā, dimqā] ― bul-ṭa ši-ri-a di-im-qa ― (Ye) be healthy, prosper, have good luck! (leave-taking formula)
𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅- [ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]
- DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iq
- I placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
|
damāqum
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| Participle
|
dāmiqum
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| Adjective
|
damqum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
|
adammiq
|
addamiq
|
admiq
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ludmiq
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| 2.sg
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m
|
tadammiq
|
taddamiq
|
tadmiq
|
dimiq
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| f
|
tadammiqī
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taddamqī
|
tadmiqī
|
dimqī
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| 3.sg
|
idammiq
|
iddamiq
|
idmiq
|
lidmiq
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| 1.pl
|
nidammiq
|
niddamiq
|
nidmiq
|
i nidmiq
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| 2.pl
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tadammiqā
|
taddamqā
|
tadmiqā
|
dimqā
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| 3.pl
|
m
|
idammiqū
|
iddamqū
|
idmiqū
|
lidmiqū
|
| f
|
idammiqā
|
iddamqā
|
idmiqā
|
lidmiqā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒅆𒂟 (SIG₅)
- 𒊷 (ŠA₆) (rarely)
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- 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qum)
- 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qu)
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References
- “damāqu”, 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) “damāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag