Uncertain, not a Sumerian loan, being derived from another substratum or more likely a Semitic root that was more productive in East Semitic; possible connections to Arabic قَوَّهَ (qawwaha, “to shriek, scream, yell, cry out, shout”) and Arabic قَبَّ (qabba, “to raise a clamor, to make a confusion of cries, to shout, to make a noise or utter a sound; to audibly gnash teeth, to grumble, to bray”).
qabûm (G, i, durative iqabbi, perfect iqtabi, preterite iqbi, imperative qibi)
- to say, tell, speak, report, recite, pronounce, utter, declare
- 𒈪𒈠 𒀝𒁍𒄣 [kīma aqbûkum] ― ki-ma aq-bu-kum ― as I told you
- 𒀭𒄩𒆪𒈠 𒅅𒁉𒋗 [anḫāku-ma iqbīšu] ― an-ḫa-ku-ma iq-bi-šu ― He said to him: "I'm tired".
- to enumerate, list (to say in a written document)
- to make a statement, a deposition, to declare publicly, in court.
- to give an order, decree
- to name, call
Conjugation
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Infinitive
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qabûm
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Participle
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qābûm
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Adjective
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qabûm
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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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aqabbi
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aqtabi
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aqbi
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luqbi
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2.sg
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m
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taqabbi
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taqtabi
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taqbi
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qibi
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f
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taqabbî
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taqtabî
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taqbî
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qibî
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3.sg
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iqabbi
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iqtabi
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iqbi
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liqbi
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1.pl
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niqabbi
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niqtabi
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niqbi
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i niqbi
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2.pl
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taqabbiā
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taqtabiā
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taqbiā
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qibiā
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3.pl
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m
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iqabbû
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iqtabû
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iqbû
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liqbû
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f
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iqabbiā
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iqtabiā
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iqbiā
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liqbiā
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This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Cuneiform spellings
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