pītum

Akkadian
Root
p-t-'
2 terms
𒁉𒌈 (pītum)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic فَتْح (fatḥ) and Biblical Hebrew פֶּתַח (pɛ́ṯaḥ). See 𒉿𒌅𒌑𒌝 (petûm, “to open”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pītum m (construct state pīt or pīti, plural pītū) (from Old Babylonian on, Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

  1. opening, aperture, breach, break
  2. opening ceremony
  3. clasp (of a necklace)

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic Mixed
  • 𒁉𒌈 (pi₂-tum)
  • 𒉿𒌅 (pi-tu)
  • 𒉿𒋫𒀀𒄠 (pi-ta-a-am) (accusative)
  • 𒁉𒋫𒄠 (pi₂-ta-am) (accusative)
  • 𒁉𒌓 (pi₂-tam) (accusative)
  • 𒉿𒋫 (pi-ta) (accusative)
  • 𒁉𒋾𒅎 (pi₂-ti-im) (genitive)
  • 𒁉𒁴 (pi₂-tim) (genitive)
  • 𒁉𒄿𒋾 (pi₂-i-ti) (genitive)
  • 𒉿𒋾 (pi-ti) (genitive)
  • 𒉿𒄿𒀉 (pi-i-it) (construct state)
  • 𒁉𒀉 (pi₂-it) (construct state)
  • 𒉿𒀉 (pi-it) (construct state)
  • 𒉿𒋾 (pi-ti) (construct state)
  • 𒁁𒀉 (BAD-it) (construct state)

References
  • “pītu A”, 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) “pītu(m) I”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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