mâtum

Akkadian

Root
m-w-t
3 terms

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)

  1. 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.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
  • 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
  • (Neo-Babylonian) 𒃵 (GAM)

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