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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *mawut- (“to die”). Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ (māta) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (meṯ).
Pronunciation
Verb
mâtum (G, a-u, durative imât, perfect imtūt, preterite imūt, imperative mūt) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to die
Conjugation
| Conjugation
|
| Infinitive
|
mâtum
|
| Participle
|
māitum
|
| Adjective
|
mītum
|
| Active
|
Durative
|
Perfect
|
Preterite
|
Imperative
|
| 1.sg
|
amât
|
amtūt
|
amūt
|
lumūt
|
| 2.sg
|
m
|
tamât
|
tamtūt
|
tamūt
|
mūt
|
| f
|
tamuttī
|
tamtūtī
|
tamūtī
|
mūtī
|
| 3.sg
|
imât
|
imtūt
|
imūt
|
limūt
|
| 1.pl
|
nimât
|
nimtūt
|
nimūt
|
i nimūt
|
| 2.pl
|
tamuttā
|
tamtūtā
|
tamūtā
|
mūtā
|
| 3.pl
|
m
|
imuttū
|
imtūtū
|
imūtū
|
limūtū
|
| f
|
imuttā
|
imtūtā
|
imūtā
|
limūtā
|
| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
|
Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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- 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
- 𒃵 (GAM) (Neo-Babylonian)
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Derived terms
References
- “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag