madādum

Akkadian

Root
m-d-d
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic مَدَّ (madda) and Biblical Hebrew מָדַד (mɔḏáḏ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /maˈdaː.dum/

Verb

madādum (G, a-u, durative imaddad, perfect imtadad, preterite imdud, imperative mudud) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  to measure out, pay, measure, survey

Alternative forms

• madādu (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉘 (AGA₂, AG₂)	𒈠𒁕𒁺𒌝 (ma-da-du-um) 𒈠𒁕𒁺 (ma-da-du)

References

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