maṣûm

Akkadian

Root
m-ṣ-'
1 term

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *mṯ̣ʔ- (“to reach”). Compare Biblical Hebrew מָצָא (mɔṣɔ́ʔ, “to find”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /maˈsˤuːm/

Verb

maṣûm (G, i, durative imaṣṣi, perfect imtaṣi, preterite imṣi, imperative miṣi) (from Old Akkadian on)

1. to be equal to
2. to amount to, be sufficient for

   𒆠𒄿 𒈠𒍣𒄿 [kī maṣi] ― ki-i ma-ṣi₂-i ― how much?

   𒈠𒆷 𒈠𒍪𒌑 [mala maṣûm] ― ma-la ma-ṣu₂-u₂-um ― as much as there is, as far as it extends

   𒈠𒆷 𒊮𒁉𒅎 𒈠𒍪𒌑𒌝 [mala libbim maṣûm] ― ma-la ŠA₃-bi-im ma-ṣu₂-u₂-um ― to do what one wants, to have full discretion

   𒈠𒆷 𒊮𒁉𒋗 𒄿𒈠𒊍𒍢 [mala libbīšu imaṣṣi] ― ma-la ŠA₃-bi-šu i-ma-aṣ-ṣi ― he may do what he wants

3. (Old Assyrian only) to take responsibility for

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		maṣûm
Participle		māṣûm
Adjective		maṣûm
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		amaṣṣi	amtaṣi	amṣi	lumṣi
2.sg	m	tamaṣṣi	tamtaṣi	tamṣi	miṣi
	f	tamaṣṣî	tamtaṣî	tamṣî	miṣî
3.sg		imaṣṣi	imtaṣi	imṣi	limṣi
1.pl		nimaṣṣi	nimtaṣi	nimṣi	i nimṣi
2.pl		tamaṣṣiā	tamtaṣiā	tamṣiā	miṣiā
3.pl	m	imaṣṣû	imtaṣû	imṣû	limṣû
	f	imaṣṣiā	imtaṣiā	imṣiā	limṣiā

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

Alternative forms

• maṣû (non-mimated)
• maṣā'um (Old Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒈠𒍮𒌑 (ma-ṣu-u₂) 𒈠𒍪𒌑 (ma-ṣu₂-u₂)

References

• “maṣû”, 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) “maṣû(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, pages 225-226