damqiš

Akkadian

Root
d-m-q
3 terms

Etymology

𒁮𒆪𒌝 (damqum, “good; kind”) +‎ 𒅖 (-iš, terminative adverbial suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈdam.qiʃ/

Adverb

damqiš (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1.  well, carefully
2. kindly, benevolently, piously

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒅆𒂟𒅖 (SIG₅-iš)	𒁕𒄠𒆠𒅖 (da-am-qi₂-iš) 𒁮𒆠𒅖 (dam-qi₂-iš) 𒁮𒆧 (dam-qiš)

References

• “damqiš”, 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) “damqiš”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag