Cognate with Ugaritic 𐎀𐎎𐎗 (ảmr /ʾamara/, “to see; to say”). Compare also Arabic أَمَرَ (ʔamara, “to order, command”) and Biblical Hebrew אָמַר (ʔɔmár, “to say”).
amārum (G, a-u, durative immar, perfect ītamar, preterite īmur, imperative amur) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to see, behold, look at, observe, witness, examine, inspect, notice
- 𒀀𒄯 [amur!] ― a-mur ― look!
- to experience, come across, find (an object, a site, etc.)
- to find after searching, to look up (information), find (a result), come to know, realise, learn by experience
- to read (a tablet, document, inscription, etc.)
Conjugation
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Infinitive
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amārum
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Participle
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āmirum
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Adjective
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amrum
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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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ammar
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ātamar
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āmur
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lūmur
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2.sg
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m
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tammar
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tātamar
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tāmur
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amur
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f
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tammarī
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tātamrī
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tāmurī
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amrī
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3.sg
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immar
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ītamar
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īmur
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līmur
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1.pl
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nimmar
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nītamar
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nīmur
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i nīmur
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2.pl
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tammarā
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tātamrā
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tāmurā
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amrā
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3.pl
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m
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immarū
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ītamrū
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īmurū
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līmurū
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f
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immarā
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ītamrā
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īmurā
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līmurā
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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
Logograms
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Phonetic
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- 𒅆 (IGI)
- 𒅆𒇲 (IGI.LA₂)
- 𒅆𒂃 (IGI.DU₈)
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- “amāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011