menûm

Akkadian

Root
m-n-y
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mny-. Cognate with Arabic مَنِيّ (maniyy, “ejaculation, sperm”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /meˈnuːm/

Verb

menûm (G, i, durative imenne, perfect imtene, preterite imne, imperative mene) (Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian)

1. to love, be fond of

   Synonym: râmum

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		menûm
Participle		mēnûm
Adjective		menûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		emenne	emtene	emne	lumne
2.sg	m	temenne	temtene	temne	mene
	f	temennî	temtenî	temnî	menî
3.sg		imenne	imtene	imne	limne
1.pl		nimenne	nimtene	nimne	i nimne
2.pl		temenneā	temteneā	temneā	meneā
3.pl	m	imennû	imtenû	imnû	limnû
	f	imenneā	imteneā	imneā	limneā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• menû (non-mimated)
• manûm, manû
• manā'um (Old Akkadian)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒈪𒉡𒌑 (mi-nu-u₂)

References

• “menû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977