petûm

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.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pe-tu-u₂-um)
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌓𒌝 (pe-tu-u₄-um)
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌋𒌝 (pe-tu-u-um)
  • 𒁉𒌈 (pe₂-tum)
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌑 (pe-tu-u₂)
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌋 (pe-tu-u)
Derived terms
  • pētûm (gatekeeper, porter)

Etymology 2

Adjective

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

  1. verbal adjective of 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm):
    1. open
    2. remote, far-off
Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pe-tu-u₂-um)
  • 𒉺𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pa-tu-u₂-um)
  • 𒉿𒌅𒌑 (pe-tu-u₂)
  • 𒉺𒌅𒌑 (pa-tu-u₂)
Derived terms
  • petītum (mated)

References