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)
- to love, be fond of
- Synonym: râmum
Conjugation
| Conjugation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | menûm | |||||
| Participle | mēnûm | |||||
| Adjective | menûm | |||||
| Active | Durative | Preterite | Perfect | Imperative | ||
| 1.sg | emenne | emne | emtene | lumne | ||
| 2.sg | m | temenne | temne | temtene | mene | |
| f | temennî | temnî | temtenî | menî | ||
| 3.sg | imenne | imne | imtene | limne | ||
| 1.pl | nimenne | nimne | nimtene | i nimne | ||
| 2.pl | temenneā | temneā | temteneā | meneā | ||
| 3.pl | m | imennû | imnû | imtenû | limnû | |
| f | imenneā | imneā | imteneā | 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)
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References
- “menû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 10, M, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1977
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