gamārum

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Akkadian

Root
g-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew גָּמַר (gɔmár, “to finish, complete”). Compare also Arabic جَمَّرَ (jammara, “to collect together”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gamārum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. completeness, finality
  2. end

Verb

gamārum (G, a-u, durative igammar, perfect igtamar, preterite igmur, imperative gumur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to bring to an end, annihilate
  2. to use up
  3. to encompass, control
  4. (ina with infinitive) to finish (doing something)
  5. to come to an end
  6. (in hendiadys) to do something completely
    𒀀𒊮 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒅆𒅁𒊏𒄠 𒄿𒂵𒈠𒅈𒈠 𒄿𒅁𒁉𒌍
    A.ŠA₃ an-ni-am ši-ip-ra-am i-ga-ma-ar-ma i-ip-pe₂-eš
    /eqlam anniam šipram igammar-ma ippeš/
    He will work this field completely.

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive gamārum
Participle gāmirum
Adjective gamrum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg agammar agtamar agmur lugmur
2.sg m tagammar tagtamar tagmur gumur
f tagammarī tagtamrī tagmurī gumrī
3.sg igammar igtamar igmur ligmur
1.pl nigammar nigtamar nigmur i nigmur
2.pl tagammarā tagtamrā tagmurā gumrā
3.pl m igammarū igtamrū igmurū ligmurū
f igammarā igtamrā igmurā ligmurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic

References

  • “gamāru”, 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) “gamāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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