madādum

Akkadian

Root
m-d-d
1 term

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)

  1. to measure out, pay, measure, survey

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive madādum
Participle mādidum
Adjective maddum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg amaddad amtadad amdud lumdud
2.sg m tamaddad tamtadad tamdud mudud
f tamaddadī tamtaddī tamdudī muddī
3.sg imaddad imtadad imdud limdud
1.pl nimaddad nimtadad nimdud i nimdud
2.pl tamaddadā tamtaddā tamdudā muddā
3.pl m imaddadū imtaddū imdudū limdudū
f imaddadā imtaddā imdudā limdudā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉘 (AGA₂, AG₂)
  • 𒈠𒁕𒁺𒌝 (ma-da-du-um)
  • 𒈠𒁕𒁺 (ma-da-du)

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