Vocabulary: nouns, adjectives and adverbs

Nouns and adjectives name and describe things, ideas, animals, and people, etc.. Adverbs can describe anything except nouns. This list of nouns, adjectives, and adverbs only includes the words used in our Cuneiform exercises and Texts to read pages. It is no substitute for a good Akkadian dictionary.

A

  • abnum, "stone, weight"
  • abum, "father" (irregular plural abbū)
  • ahāmiš, "each other"
  • akkadûm, "the Akkadian language"
  • alpum, "ox, cattle"
  • ālum, "city" (plural ālū or irregular ālānū)
  • ammatum, "cubit", a length measure, c.50 cm
  • amtum, "slave woman, servant woman"
  • arnum, "guilt, sin, punishment"
  • asûm "healer, physician"
  • ašrum, "place"
  • aššatum, "wife"
  • awātum, "word, matter"
  • awīlum, "man, person"
  • awīlūtum, "humankind, people"

B

  • balāṭum, "life"
  • balṭum, "living, alive"
  • bēltum, "lady"
  • bēlum, "lord, owner, master"
  • bītum, "house"

D

  • daltum, "door"
  • danniš, "strongly, very"
  • dannum, "strong"
  • dārītum, "perpetuity"
  • dārum, "era"

E

  • ēkallum, "palace" (which takes a feminine plural, ēkallātum)
  • ellum, "pure, holy"
  • erṣetum, "earth"
  • eṣemtum, "bone"

G

  • gašīšum, "stake"
  • gerrum, "way, campaign"

H

  • harrānum, "way, road"
  • haṭṭum, "sceptre"
  • hīqum, "mixed, diluted"
  • hubtum, "robbery"
  • hubullum, "debt, interest-bearing loan"
  • hurāṣum, "gold"

I

  • idum, "arm, wage, rental"
  • ilum, "god" (plural ilū or irregular ilānū)
  • imērum, "donkey"
  • immerum, "sheep"
  • īnum, "eye" (feminine)
  • iṣṣūrum, "bird"
  • išātum, "fire"
  • išdum, "foundations"

K

  • kabtum, "heavy, important, serious"
  • kalbum, "dog"
  • kaspum, "silver"
  • kīnum, "permanent, true"
  • kurrum, a capacity unit (c.300 litres)
  • kurunnum, a kind of beer

L

  • laʾbum, (a serious disease, also liʾbum)

M

  • maʾdiš, "greatly"
  • mahīrum, "exchange rate, value"
  • manûm, "mina", a weight unit (c.500 g)
  • mārum, "son"
  • marṣum, "sick person, patient"
  • mārtum, "daughter"
  • mātum, "land"
  • mišlum, "half"
  • , "water" (plural)
  • mubbirum, "denouncer"
  • muškēnum, "palace dependant"
  • mūšum, "night"
  • mutum, "husband"

N

  • nakrum, "enemy"
  • napištum, "breath, life"
  • nārum, "river, canal"
  • našpakum, "storage vessel, storeroom"
  • nērtum, "murder"
  • nēšum, "lion"
  • nišū, "people" (plural)

P

  • pānum, "face, front"
  • peṣûm, "white"
  • pilšum, "breach"
  • pûm, "mouth"

Q

  • qātum, "hand" (feminine)
  • qanûm, "reed, stylus"
  • qûm, a unit of capacity (c.1 litre)

R

  • rabûm, "large, great, big"
  • ramānum, "self"
  • riksātum "contract" (feminine plural of riksum, "binding")
  • rittum, "hand"

S

  • sābītum, "(female) brewer, beer-seller"
  • sinništum, "woman"

  • ṣābum, "people, troops"
  • ṣehrum, "small"
  • ṣērum, "back, open country"
  • ṣīrum, "exalted"

Š

  • šadûm, "mountain"
  • šalmum, "healthy, favourable"
  • šammum, "plant(s)"
  • šamnum, "(vegetable) oil"
  • šamû, "the heavens" (plural)
  • šarrum, "king"
  • šārum, "wind"
  • šattum, "year"
  • šēpum, "foot" (feminine plural šēpētum)
  • šeʾum, "barley, grain"
  • šikarum, "beer"
  • šīmtum, "fate"
  • šīmum, "purchase price"
  • šizbum, "milk"
  • šulmum, "well-being"
  • šumēlum, "left"
  • šumum, "name"
  • šurānum, "cat"

T

  • tappûm, "companion, friend"

  • ṭābum, "good, sweet"
  • ṭīdum, "clay"
  • ṭuppum, "clay tablet, letter"
  • ṭupšarrum, "scribe"

U

  • ubānum, "finger"
  • ummānum, "army, troops"
  • ūmum, "day"
  • uznum, "ear" (feminine)

W

  • waklum, "overseer"
  • wardum, "slave, servant"
  • warkatum, "rear, background facts"
  • warkum, "long"

Z

  • zikarum, "male, man"
  • zikrum, "utterance, name"
 
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