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petûm

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Akkadian

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Root
p-t-'
2 terms

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Cognate with Arabic فَتَحَ (fataḥa, to open) and Biblical Hebrew פָּתַח (pɔṯaḥ, to open).

Verb

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petûm (G, e, durative ipette, perfect iptete, preterite ipte, imperative pete) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. (transitive) to open
Conjugation
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Conjugation
Infinitive petûm
Participle pētûm
Adjective petûm
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg epette eptete epte lupte
2.sg m tepette teptete tepte pete
f tepettî teptetî teptî petî
3.sg ipette iptete ipte lipte
1.pl nipette niptete nipte i nipte
2.pl tepetteā tepteteā tepteā peteā
3.pl m ipettû iptetû iptû liptû
f ipetteā ipteteā ipteā lipteā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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Etymology 2

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𒄑𒅅 𒉿𒋾𒌈 (daltum petītum)

Adjective

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petûm (feminine petītum, predicative peti) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

  1. verbal adjective of 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm):
    1. open
    2. remote, far-off
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References

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  • “petû”, 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) “petû(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “petû(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag