râmum

Akkadian

Root
r-'-m
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *r-ʔ-m. Cognate with Arabic رَئِمَ (raʔima, “to love”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈraː.mum/

Noun

râmum m (construct state râm) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. nominalization of râmum (“to love”): love, love-making

   𒈬𒊒𒊻 𒊏𒀀𒈪𒅎 [muruṣ râmim] ― mu-ru-uṣ ra-a-mi-im ― venereal disease

   𒊏𒀀𒄠 𒈬𒌨𒁕𒈪𒅎 [râm murtāmim] ― ra-a-am mu-ur-ta₂-mi-im ― the love of a lover

   𒍮𒌝𒈠𒀀𒆪 𒊏𒄠𒅗 [ṣummâku râmka] ― ṣu-um-ma-a-ku ra-am-ka ― I long for your love

Alternative forms

• râmu (non-mimated)
• ra'āmu (Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒆠𒉘 (KI.AG₂) 𒆠𒉘𒂷 (KI.AG₂.GA₂)	𒊏𒀀𒈬 (ra-a-mu)

Verb

râmum (G, a, durative irâm, perfect irtām, preterite irām, imperative rām) (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  to love

   𒈠𒀭𒉡𒌝 𒊭 𒆠𒈠 𒅀𒀀𒋾 𒄿𒊏𒈬𒅗

   [mannum ša kīma yâti irammuka]

   ma-an-nu-um ša ki-ma ia-a-ti i-ra-mu-ka

   Who loves you as much as I do?

Alternative forms

• râmu (non-mimated)
• ra'āmum, ra'āmu (Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒉘 (AG₂)	𒊏𒀀𒈬 (ra-a-mu)

References

• “râmu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• “râmu A”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “râmu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “râmu(m) II”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag