-atum
Akkadian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -tum (after vowel or single consonant)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic ـَة (-a) and Biblical Hebrew ־ָה (-ɔ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /-a.tum/
Suffix edit
-atum (plural -ātum)
- Suffix used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives.
- Suffix used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people.
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈaː.tum/, [ˈäːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.tum/, [ˈäːt̪um]
Etymology 1 edit
Suffix edit
-ātum
Derived terms edit
Category Latin terms suffixed with -atum not found
Etymology 2 edit
See -ātus.
Suffix edit
-ātum
- inflection of -ātus: