Akkadian
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Etymology
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Compare perhaps Arabic خَلِقَ (ḵaliqa, “to be old, shabby”) and Biblical Hebrew חָלַק (ḥɔláq, “to be smooth, slippery”).
Pronunciation
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ḫalāqum (G, i, durative iḫalliq, perfect iḫtaliq, preterite iḫliq, imperative ḫiliq, verbal adjective ḫalqum) (from Old Babylonian on)
- to disappear, vanquish, go missing, get lost, perish
- to flee, escape
Conjugation
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Conjugation
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Infinitive
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ḫalāqum
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Participle
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ḫāliqum
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Adjective
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ḫalqum
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Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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1.sg
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aḫalliq
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aḫtaliq
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aḫliq
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luḫliq
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2.sg
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m
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taḫalliq
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taḫtaliq
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taḫliq
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ḫiliq
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f
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taḫalliqī
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taḫtalqī
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taḫliqī
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ḫilqī
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3.sg
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iḫalliq
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iḫtaliq
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iḫliq
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liḫliq
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1.pl
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niḫalliq
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niḫtaliq
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niḫliq
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i niḫliq
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2.pl
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taḫalliqā
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taḫtalqā
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taḫliqā
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ḫilqā
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3.pl
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m
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iḫalliqū
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iḫtalqū
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iḫliqū
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liḫliqū
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f
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iḫalliqā
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iḫtalqā
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iḫliqā
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liḫliqā
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This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Alternative forms
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Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒄩𒀀 (ZAḪ₂)
- 𒀄 (ZAḪ₃)
- 𒉈 (ZAḪ)
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Derived terms
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References
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- “ḫalāqu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
- Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “ḫalāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag