marûm

Akkadian

Root
m-r-'
1 term

Etymology

From the verb 𒈠𒊒𒌑𒌝 (marûm, “to fatten”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

marûm (feminine marītum, predicative mari) (Old Assyrian, Babylonian, Nuzi)

1. fattened (of domestic animals)
2. (Standard Babylonian, grammar) marû ("slow (pronunciation)", used in the description of Sumerian verbs to refer to the imperfective form)

Alternative forms

• marû (non-mimated)
• mar'um, mar'u (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒊺 (NIGA, ŠE)	𒈠𒅈𒌑𒌝 (ma-ar-u₂-um) (Assirian) 𒈠𒊒𒌑 (ma-ru-u₂) 𒈠𒊒𒌋 (ma-ru-u)

Related terms

• ḫamṭu

References

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