qabûm

Akkadian

Root
q-b-y
1 term

Etymology

Uncertain, not a Sumerian loan, being derived from another substratum or more likely a Semitic root that was more productive in East Semitic; possible connections to Arabic قَوَّهَ (qawwaha, “to shriek, scream, yell, cry out, shout”) and Arabic قَبَّ (qabba, “to raise a clamor, to make a confusion of cries, to shout, to make a noise or utter a sound; to audibly gnash teeth, to grumble, to bray”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎖𐎁𐎀 (qbả, “to summon, conjure, invoke”).

Pronunciation

Verb

qabûm (G, i, durative iqabbi, perfect iqtabi, preterite iqbi, imperative qibi)

  1. to say, tell, speak, report, recite, pronounce, utter, declare
    𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 [kīma aqbûkum] ― ki-ma aq-bu-kum ― as I told you
    𒀭𒄩𒆪𒈠 𒅅𒁉𒋗 [anḫāku-ma iqbīšu] ― an-ḫa-ku-ma iq-bi-šu ― He said to him: "I'm tired".
  2. to enumerate, list (to say in a written document)
  3. to make a statement, a deposition, to declare publicly, in court.
  4. to give an order, decree
  5. to name, call

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive qabûm
Participle qābûm
Adjective qabûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg aqabbi aqtabi aqbi luqbi
2.sg m taqabbi taqtabi taqbi qibi
f taqabbî taqtabî taqbî qibî
3.sg iqabbi iqtabi iqbi liqbi
1.pl niqabbi niqtabi niqbi i niqbi
2.pl taqabbiā taqtabiā taqbiā qibiā
3.pl m iqabbû iqtabû iqbû liqbû
f iqabbiā iqtabiā iqbiā liqbiā

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

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅗 (DUG₄, DU₁₁)
  • 𒂵𒁍𒌑𒌝 (qa₂-bu-u₂-um)
  • 𒋡𒁍𒌑 (qa-bu-u₂)
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