mītum

Akkadian
Root
m-w-t
3 terms

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit) and Biblical Hebrew מֵת (méṯ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

mītum (feminine mīttum, masculine plural mītūtum, feminine plural mītātum, predicative mīt) (from Old Akkadian on)

  1. verbal adjective of 𒁁 (mâtum): dead

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁁 (UŠ₂)
  • 𒁀𒁁 (BA.UŠ₂)
  • 𒃵 (GAM) (Neo-Babylonian)
  • 𒈪𒄿𒌈 (mi-i-tum)
  • 𒈪𒂊𒌈 (mi-e-tum)
  • 𒈪𒄿𒌅 (mi-i-tu)
  • 𒈪𒂊𒌅 (mi-e-tu)

References
  • “mītu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “mītu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
  • Huehnergard, John (2011) A Grammar of Akkadian (Harvard Semitic Studies; 45), 3rd edition, Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns
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