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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Arabic كَبَّدَ (kabbada, “to place a weight or burden on”) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kɔḇéḏ, “to be heavy; to be honoured”).
Pronunciation
Verb
kabātum (G, i, durative ikabbit, perfect iktabit, preterite ikbit, imperative kibit)
- to be/become heavy, fat
- to be/become important, honoured
- to be/become difficult, painful
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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kabātum
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| Participle
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kābitum
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| Adjective
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kabtum
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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
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akabbit
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aktabit
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akbit
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lukbit
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| 2.sg
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m
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takabbit
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taktabit
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takbit
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kibit
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| f
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takabbitī
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taktabtī
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takbitī
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kibtī
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| 3.sg
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ikabbit
|
iktabit
|
ikbit
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likbit
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| 1.pl
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nikabbit
|
niktabit
|
nikbit
|
i nikbit
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| 2.pl
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takabbitā
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taktabtā
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takbitā
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kibtā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ikabbitū
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iktabtū
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ikbitū
|
likbitū
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| f
|
ikabbitā
|
iktabtā
|
ikbitā
|
likbitā
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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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- 𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum)
- 𒅗𒁀𒌓 (ka-ba-tu₂)
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References
- “kabatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011