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Compare Amharic ድንቅ ( dənḳ , “ wonderful, superb ” ) .
damāqum (G i durative idammiq perfect iddamiq preterite idmiq imperative dimiq ( from Old Akkadian on )
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
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 .
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms
Phonetic
𒅆𒂟 ( SIG₅ ) 𒊷 ( ŠA₆ ) ( rarely )
𒁕𒈠𒄣 ( da-ma-qum ) 𒁕𒈠𒄣 ( da-ma-qu )
“damāqu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD) [1] 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy , George, Andrew , Postgate, Nicholas (2000 ) “damāqu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian , 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
