mītum

Akkadian

Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (méṯ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈmiː.tum/

Adjective

mītum (feminine mīttum, masculine plural mītūtum, feminine plural mītātum, predicative mīt) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. verbal adjective of 𒁁 (mâtum): dead

Alternative forms

• mīttu (non-mimated)
• mētum, mētu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (UŠ₂) 𒁀𒁁 (BA.UŠ₂) 𒃵 (GAM) (Neo-Babylonian)	𒈪𒄿𒌈 (mi-i-tum) 𒈪𒂊𒌈 (mi-e-tum) 𒈪𒄿𒌅 (mi-i-tu) 𒈪𒂊𒌅 (mi-e-tu)

References

• “mītu”, 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) “mītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns