mâtum

Akkadian

Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mawut- (“to die”). Cognate with Arabic مَاتَ (māta) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (meṯ).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

mâtum (G, a-u, durative imât, perfect imtūt, preterite imūt, imperative mūt) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to die

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		mâtum
Participle		māitum
Adjective		mītum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		amât	amtūt	amūt	lumūt
2.sg	m	tamât	tamtūt	tamūt	mūt
	f	tamuttī	tamtūtī	tamūtī	mūtī
3.sg		imât	imtūt	imūt	limūt
1.pl		nimât	nimtūt	nimūt	i nimūt
2.pl		tamuttā	tamtūtā	tamūtā	mūtā
3.pl	m	imuttū	imtūtū	imūtū	limūtū
	f	imuttā	imtūtā	imūtā	limūtā

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

Alternative forms

• mâtu (non-mimated)
• muātum, muātu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms
𒁁 (UŠ₂) (Neo-Babylonian) 𒃵 (GAM)

Derived terms

• mītum (“dead”)

References

• “mūtu”, 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) “mūtu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag