adānum

Akkadian

Etymology

Compare Arabic مَوْعِد‎ (mawʕid, “date, appointment”) and Biblical Hebrew מוֹעֵד‎ (moʕéḏ, “appointed time”).

Pronunciation

Noun

adānum m (plural adānātum f)

  1. fixed date, time limit (a moment in time at the end of a specified period)
  2. period of time (of predetermined length or characterized by a sequence of specific events)

Declension
Declension
singular dual plural
Nominative adānum adānān adānātum
Genitive adānim adānīn adānātim
Accusative adānam adānīn adānātim
Construct state adānti
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. Not all of the entries may be attested.

Alternative forms
  • adānu (non-mimated)
  • ḫadānum, ḫadiānum, adiānum (Old Babylonian)
  • adannum, adannu, adānum, adānu (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)
  • ḫidānu, ḫadānu (Mari)
  • edannu, edānu (Middle Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian)
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒌓𒅗𒂵 (UD.DUG₄.GA)
  • 𒌓𒋩 (UD.ŠUR)
  • 𒌓𒁀 (UD.BA)
  • 𒄩𒁕𒉏 (ḫa-da-num, 'a₄-da-num)
  • 𒄩𒁕𒉡 (ḫa-da-nu, 'a₄-da-nu)
  • 𒄩𒆗𒉡 (ḫa-dan-nu, , 'a₄-dan-nu)
  • 𒄿𒁕𒉡 (i-da-nu)
  • 𒂊𒁕𒉡 (e-da-nu)
  • 𒄭𒁕𒉡 (ḫi-da-nu)

References
  • “adannu”, 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), “adānum”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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