-atum
AkkadianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- -tum (after vowel or single consonant)
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic ـَة (-a) and Biblical Hebrew ־ָה (-ɔ).
PronunciationEdit
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /-a.tum/
SuffixEdit
-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 termsEdit
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
SuffixEdit
-ātum
Derived termsEdit
Category Latin terms suffixed with -atum not found
Etymology 2Edit
See -ātus.
SuffixEdit
-ātum
- inflection of -ātus: