amārum

Akkadian
Root
'-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /⁠ʾamara⁠/, “to see; to say”). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, “to say”).

Pronunciation

Verb

amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
    𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!
  2. to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
  3. to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
  4. to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)

Conjugation
Conjugation
Infinitive amārum
Participle āmirum
Adjective amrum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg ammar ātamar āmur lūmur
2.sg m tammar tātamar tāmur amur
f tammarī tātamrī tāmurī amrī
3.sg immar ītamar īmur līmur
1.pl nimmar nītamar nīmur i nīmur
2.pl tammarā tātamrā tāmurā amrā
3.pl m immarū ītamrū īmurū līmurū
f immarā ītamrā īmurā līmurā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒅆 (IGI)
  • 𒅆𒇲 (IGI.LA₂)
  • 𒅆𒂃 (IGI.DU₈)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒀸 (a-ma-a-rum)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀸 (a-ma-rum)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒀀𒊒 (a-ma-a-ru)
  • 𒀀𒈠𒊒 (a-ma-ru)

References
  • “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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