madādum
Akkadian
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Etymology
editCognate with Arabic مَدَّ (madda) and Biblical Hebrew מָדַד (mɔḏáḏ).
Pronunciation
edit- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /maˈdaː.dum/
Verb
editmadādum (G, a-u, durative imaddad, perfect imtadad, preterite imdud, imperative mudud) (from Old Akkadian on)
- to measure out, pay, measure, survey
Alternative forms
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References
edit- “madādu”, 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) “madādu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag