warādum

Akkadian

Root
w-r-d
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *warad-. Cognate with Arabic وَرَدَ (warada, “to come”) and Biblical Hebrew יָרַד (yɔráḏ, “to descend”).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /waˈraː.dum/

Verb

warādum (class a-i)

1. to descend, go down, come down
2. (clothes) to hang down, droop
3. (numbers, prices) to decrease, drop

Conjugation

Conjugation

Infinitive		warādum
Participle		wāridum
Adjective		wardum
Active		Durative	Perfect	Preterite	Imperative
1.sg		urrid	attarad	urid	lurid
2.sg	m	turrid	tattarad	turid	rid
	f	turridī	tattardī	turdī	ridī
3.sg		urrid	ittarad	urid	lirid
1.pl		nurrid	nittarad	nurid	i nirid
2.pl		turridā	tattardā	turdā	ridā
3.pl	m	urridū	ittardū	urdū	lirdū
	f	urridā	ittardā	urdā	lirdā

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

Alternative forms

• warādu (non-mimated)
• arādum, arādu (non-mimated)
• erēdu (Neo-Babylonian)
• urādu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒇯𒁺 (E₁₁)	𒉿𒊏𒁺𒌝 (wa-ra-du-um) 𒀀𒊏𒁺𒌝 (a-ra-du-um) 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒁺 (a-ra-a-du)

References

• “arādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 1, A, part 2, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1968