qimmatum

Akkadian
Root
q-m-m
1 term

Etymology

Compare Arabic قِمَّة‎ (qimma, “top, peak”) and Tigre ጋሜ (gamme, “frontlet, headband”).

Pronunciation

Noun

qimmatum f (plural qimmātum) (Boghazkeui, Middle Assyrian, Standard Babylonian)

  1. hair (of the head), tuft, plume
  2. crown, top (of a tree or plant)
  3. (figurative) top
    1. decorative element of a building, column or other architectural element
    2. part of the disk of the moon

Inflection
Declension
singular dual plural
Nominative qimmatum qimmatān qimmātum
Genitive qimmatim qimmatīn qimmātim
Accusative qimmatam qimmatīn qimmātim
Construct state qimmat
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. Not all of the entries may be attested.

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒆠𒅎𒈠𒌈 (qi₂-im-ma-tum)

References
  • “qimmatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
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