arkum

Akkadian

Root
'-r-k
2 terms

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kum/

Adjective

arkum (feminine ariktum, masculine plural arkūtum, feminine plural arkātum, predicative arik) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

1. verbal adjective of arākum:
   1. long (time and size)

      𒌓𒎌 𒅈𒆪𒌑𒌈 [ūmū arkūtum] ― UD.MEŠ ar-ku-u₂-tum ― a long life (literally, “long days”)

   2. tall

Alternative forms

• arku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒁍 (GID₂) 𒁍𒁕 (GID₂.DA)	𒅈𒆪𒌝 (ar-ku-um) 𒅈𒆪 (ar-ku)

Antonyms

• kurûm

References

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