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Akkadian
Etymology
Cognate with Arabic مَدَّ (madda) and Biblical Hebrew מָדַד (mɔḏáḏ).
Pronunciation
Verb
madādum (G, a-u, durative imaddad, perfect imtadad, preterite imdud, imperative mudud) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to measure out, pay, measure, survey
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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madādum
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| Participle
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mādidum
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| Adjective
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maddum
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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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amaddad
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amtadad
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amdud
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lumdud
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| 2.sg
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m
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tamaddad
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tamtadad
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tamdud
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mudud
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| f
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tamaddadī
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tamtaddī
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tamdudī
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muddī
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| 3.sg
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imaddad
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imtadad
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imdud
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limdud
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| 1.pl
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nimaddad
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nimtadad
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nimdud
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i nimdud
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| 2.pl
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tamaddadā
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tamtaddā
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tamdudā
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muddā
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| 3.pl
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m
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imaddadū
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imtaddū
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imdudū
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limdudū
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| f
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imaddadā
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imtaddā
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imdudā
|
limdudā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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References
- “madādu”, 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) “madādu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag