petûm

Akkadian

Root
p-t-'
2 terms

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Cognate with Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”) and Biblical Hebrew פָּתַח (pɔṯaḥ, “to open”).

Verb

petûm (G, e, durative ipette, perfect iptete, preterite ipte, imperative pete) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. (transitive) to open

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive		petûm
Participle		pētûm
Adjective		petûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		epette	eptete	epte	lupte
2.sg	m	tepette	teptete	tepte	pete
	f	tepettî	teptetî	teptî	petî
3.sg		ipette	iptete	ipte	lipte
1.pl		nipette	niptete	nipte	i nipte
2.pl		tepetteā	tepteteā	tepteā	peteā
3.pl	m	ipettû	iptetû	iptû	liptû
	f	ipetteā	ipteteā	ipteā	lipteā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

• petû, patû (non-mimated)
• patā'um (Old Akkadian, Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (BAD) 𒋺 (TAG₄)	𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pe-tu-u₂-um) 𒉿𒌅𒌓𒌝 (pe-tu-u₄-um) 𒉿𒌅𒌋𒌝 (pe-tu-u-um) 𒁉𒌈 (pe₂-tum) 𒉿𒌅𒌑 (pe-tu-u₂) 𒉿𒌅𒌋 (pe-tu-u)

Derived terms

• pētûm (“gatekeeper, porter”)

 

Etymology 2

𒄑𒅅 𒉿𒋾𒌈 (daltum petītum)

Adjective

petûm (feminine petītum, predicative peti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. verbal adjective of 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm):
   1. open
   2. remote, far-off

Alternative forms

• petû (non-mimated)
• patûm, patû
• patium, pat'um (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (BAD)	𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pe-tu-u₂-um) 𒉺𒌅𒌑𒌝 (pa-tu-u₂-um) 𒉿𒌅𒌑 (pe-tu-u₂) 𒉺𒌅𒌑 (pa-tu-u₂)

Derived terms

• petītum (“mated”)

 

References

• “petû”, 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) “petû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “petû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag