kabātum

Akkadian

Root
k-b-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic, cognate with Arabic كَبَّدَ (kabbada, “to place a weight or burden on”) and Biblical Hebrew כָּבֵד (kɔḇéḏ, “to be heavy; to be honoured”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /kaˈbaː.tum/

Verb

kabātum (G, i, durative ikabbit, perfect iktabit, preterite ikbit, imperative kibit)

1. to be/become heavy, fat
2. to be/become important, honoured
3. to be/become difficult, painful

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		kabātum
Participle		kābitum
Adjective		kabtum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		akabbit	aktabit	akbit	lukbit
2.sg	m	takabbit	taktabit	takbit	kibit
	f	takabbitī	taktabtī	takbitī	kibtī
3.sg		ikabbit	iktabit	ikbit	likbit
1.pl		nikabbit	niktabit	nikbit	i nikbit
2.pl		takabbitā	taktabtā	takbitā	kibtā
3.pl	m	ikabbitū	iktabtū	ikbitū	likbitū
	f	ikabbitā	iktabtā	ikbitā	likbitā

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

Alternative forms

• kabātu (non-mimated)
• kabādu (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒂂 (DUGUD)	𒅗𒁀𒌈 (ka-ba-tum) 𒅗𒁀𒌓 (ka-ba-tu₂)

References

• “kabatu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011