petûm

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Akkadian

Root
p-t-'
2 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) and Biblical Hebrew פָּתַח (pɔṯaḥ, “to open”).

Verb

petûm (G, e, durative ipette, perfect iptete, preterite ipte, imperative pete) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (transitive) to open
Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive petûm
Participle pētûm
Adjective petûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg epette eptete epte lupte
2.sg m tepette teptete tepte pete
f tepettî teptetî teptî petî
3.sg ipette iptete ipte lipte
1.pl nipette niptete nipte i nipte
2.pl tepetteā tepteteā tepteā peteā
3.pl m ipettû iptetû iptû liptû
f ipetteā ipteteā ipteā lipteā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Etymology 2

𒄑𒅅 𒉿𒋾𒌈 (daltum petītum)

Adjective

petûm (feminine petītum, predicative peti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. verbal adjective of 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm):
    1. open
    2. remote, far-off
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References

  • “petû”, 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) “petû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “petû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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