gamārum

Akkadian

Root
g-m-r
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew גָּמַר (gɔmár, “to finish, complete”). Compare also Arabic جَمَّرَ (jammara, “to collect together”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈmaː.rum/

Noun

gamārum m (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. completeness, finality
2. end

Verb

gamārum (G, a-u, durative igammar, perfect igtamar, preterite igmur, imperative gumur) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to bring to an end, annihilate
2. to use up
3. to encompass, control
4. (ina with infinitive) to finish (doing something)
5. to come to an end
6. (in hendiadys) to do something completely

   𒀀𒊮 𒀭𒉌𒄠 𒅆𒅁𒊏𒄠 𒄿𒂵𒈠𒅈𒈠 𒄿𒅁𒁉𒌍

   A.ŠA₃ an-ni-am ši-ip-ra-am i-ga-ma-ar-ma i-ip-pe₂-eš

   /eqlam anniam šipram igammar-ma ippeš/

   He will work this field completely.

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		gamārum
Participle		gāmirum
Adjective		gamrum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		agammar	agtamar	agmur	lugmur
2.sg	m	tagammar	tagtamar	tagmur	gumur
	f	tagammarī	tagtamrī	tagmurī	gumrī
3.sg		igammar	igtamar	igmur	ligmur
1.pl		nigammar	nigtamar	nigmur	i nigmur
2.pl		tagammarā	tagtamrā	tagmurā	gumrā
3.pl	m	igammarū	igtamrū	igmurū	ligmurū
	f	igammarā	igtamrā	igmurā	ligmurā

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

Alternative forms

• gamāru (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁁 (TIL)	𒂵𒈠𒀸 (ga-ma-rum)

References

• “gamāru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “gamāru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns