petûm

Akkadian
Root
p-t-'
2 terms

Pronunciation

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 Preterite Perfect Imperative
1.sg epette epte eptete lupte
2.sg m tepette tepte teptete pete
f tepettî teptî teptetî petî
3.sg ipette ipte iptete lipte
1.pl nipette nipte niptete i nipte
2.pl tepetteā tepteā tepteteā peteā
3.pl m ipettû iptû iptetû liptû
f ipetteā ipteā ipteteā 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
  • 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

Verbal adjective of 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm, “to open”).

𒄑𒅅 𒉿𒋾𒌈 (daltum petītum)

Adjective

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

  1. open
  2. remote, far-off
Alternative forms
  • petû (non-mimated)
  • patûm, patû
  • patium, pat'um (Old Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 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), 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
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