From Proto-Semitic *ṣ̂amad- (“to yoke, harness”). Cognate with Arabic ضَمَدَ (ḍamada) and Biblical Hebrew צָמַד (ṣɔmáḏ).
ṣamādum (G, i, durative iṣammid, perfect iṣṣamid, preterite iṣmid, imperative ṣimid) (Babylonian, Boghazkeui)
- to yoke, harness, tie, attach
- to make ready, prepare
𒐊 𒂅 𒆬𒌓 𒇻𒊻𒈪𒁕𒄠𒈠 𒀀𒈾 𒂗𒅀 𒅗𒀀𒋫 𒇻𒊭𒁉𒆷𒄠- 5 GIN₂ KU₃.BABBAR lu-uṣ-mi-da-am-ma a-na EN-ya ka-a-ta lu-ša-bi-la-am
- /ḫamšat šiqil kaspam luṣmidam-ma ana bēlīya kâta lušābilam/
- I will prepare five shekels of silver and send them to you, my lord.
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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ṣamādum
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| Participle
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ṣāmidum
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| Adjective
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ṣamdum
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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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aṣammid
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aṣṣamid
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aṣmid
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luṣmid
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| 2.sg
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m
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taṣammid
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taṣṣamid
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taṣmid
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ṣimid
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| f
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taṣammidī
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taṣṣamdī
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taṣmidī
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ṣimdī
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| 3.sg
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iṣammid
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iṣṣamid
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iṣmid
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liṣmid
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| 1.pl
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niṣammid
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niṣṣamid
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niṣmid
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i niṣmid
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| 2.pl
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taṣammidā
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taṣṣamdā
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taṣmidā
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ṣimdā
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| 3.pl
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m
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iṣammidū
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iṣṣamdū
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iṣmidū
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liṣmidū
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| f
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iṣammidā
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iṣṣamdā
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iṣmidā
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liṣmidā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
| Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒍝𒈠𒁺 (ṣa-ma-du)
- 𒍝𒈠𒀀𒁺 (ṣa-ma-a-du)
- 𒍝𒈠𒁕𒄠 (ṣa-ma-da-am) (accusative)
- 𒍝𒈠𒁲𒅎 (ṣa-ma-di-im) (genitive)
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- “ṣamādu”, 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) “ṣamādu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
