Akkadian
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Etymology
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Compare Amharic ድንቅ (dənḳ, “wonderful, superb”).
Pronunciation
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damāqum (G, i, durative idammiq, perfect iddamiq, preterite idmiq, imperative dimiq) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to be good, better, improve, prosper, have success, have a good luck
- 𒇧𒁕 𒅆𒊑𒀀 𒁲𒅎𒋡 [bulṭā, širiā, dimqā] ― bul-ṭa ši-ri-a di-im-qa ― (Ye) be healthy, prosper, have good luck! (leave-taking formula)
𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅- [ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]
- DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iq
- I placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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damāqum
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| Participle
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dāmiqum
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| Adjective
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damqum
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| Active
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Durative
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Preterite
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Perfect
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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adammiq
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admiq
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addamiq
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ludmiq
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| 2.sg
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m
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tadammiq
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tadmiq
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taddamiq
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dimiq
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| f
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tadammiqī
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tadmiqī
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taddamqī
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dimqī
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| 3.sg
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idammiq
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idmiq
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iddamiq
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lidmiq
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| 1.pl
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nidammiq
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nidmiq
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niddamiq
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i nidmiq
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| 2.pl
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tadammiqā
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tadmiqā
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taddamqā
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dimqā
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| 3.pl
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m
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idammiqū
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idmiqū
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iddamqū
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lidmiqū
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| f
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idammiqā
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idmiqā
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iddamqā
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lidmiqā
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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
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Phonetic
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- 𒅆𒂟 (SIG₅)
- 𒊷 (ŠA₆) (rarely)
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- 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qum)
- 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qu)
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References
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- “damāqu”, 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) “damāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
