Akkadian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Arabic كَبَّدَ (kabbada, “to place a weight or burden on”) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kɔḇéḏ, “to be heavy; to be honoured”).
Pronunciation
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kabātum (G, i, durative ikabbit, perfect iktabit, preterite ikbit, imperative kibit)
- to be/become heavy, fat
- to be/become important, honoured
- to be/become difficult, painful
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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kabātum
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| Participle
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kābitum
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| Adjective
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kabtum
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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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akabbit
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aktabit
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akbit
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lukbit
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| 2.sg
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m
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takabbit
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taktabit
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takbit
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kibit
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| f
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takabbitī
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taktabtī
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takbitī
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kibtī
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| 3.sg
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ikabbit
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iktabit
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ikbit
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likbit
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| 1.pl
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nikabbit
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niktabit
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nikbit
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i nikbit
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| 2.pl
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takabbitā
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taktabtā
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takbitā
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kibtā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ikabbitū
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iktabtū
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ikbitū
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likbitū
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| f
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ikabbitā
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iktabtā
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ikbitā
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likbitā
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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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- 𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum)
- 𒅗𒁀𒌓 (ka-ba-tu₂)
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References
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- “kabatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
