damāqum

Akkadian

Root
d-m-q
3 terms

Etymology

Compare Amharic ድንቅ (dənḳ, wonderful, superb).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈmaː.qum/

Verb

damāqum (G, i, durative idammiq, perfect iddamiq, preterite idmiq, imperative dimiq) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. to be good, better, improve, prosper, have success, have a good luck
    𒇧𒁕 𒅆𒊑𒀀 𒁲𒅎𒋡 [bulṭā, širiā, dimqā]bul-ṭa ši-ri-a di-im-qa(Ye) be healthy, prosper, have good luck! (leave-taking formula)
    𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅
    [ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]
    DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iq
    I placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive damāqum
Participle dāmiqum
Adjective damqum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg adammiq addamiq admiq ludmiq
2.sg m tadammiq taddamiq tadmiq dimiq
f tadammiqī taddamqī tadmiqī dimqī
3.sg idammiq iddamiq idmiq lidmiq
1.pl nidammiq niddamiq nidmiq i nidmiq
2.pl tadammiqā taddamqā tadmiqā dimqā
3.pl m idammiqū iddamqū idmiqū lidmiqū
f idammiqā iddamqā idmiqā lidmiqā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qum)
  • 𒁕𒈠𒄣 (da-ma-qu)

References