damāqu

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Variant: NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) daʾāqu
Meanings:
to be(come) good
de:German: Deutsch gut sein/werden
fr:French: Français être/devenir bon(ne)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: i/ii/i class (Present i, Preterite i)stem: GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem), DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
Logogram: SIG₅, AL.SA₆ (stative), SA₆, SIG₁₅
Etymology: Inherited Cf. PS *dmq “to be good,” see Kogan/Krebernik 2021, 394; (EDA II). The root is so far exclusively found in Akk. and Eth. (SEDo).
11. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem)

OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem) šumma tadaggalāma PN da-mì-iq … ṣabtāšuma kaspam šašqilāšu(ma) TPAK 1, 29: 10 “if you see that PN is good (for it), seize him … and make him pay the silver!” stat. “to be financially sound”. new

12. GG-stem (Grundstamm/Basic stem): Substantivized "goodness, favor"

SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) pāliḫ ilī ⸢ul⸣ išêssu da-ma-qa (∥ da-ma-⸢qu⸣) Counsels of Wisdom: A+89 eBL “favor will not miss the one who revers the gods”. For parallels from behavioral omina see Földi 2021, 209ff. new

33. DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)

OAkkOAkk: Old Akkadian (ca. 2350–2100 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) immeram liṭbuḫma paššūram li-da-mì-iq-ma CUSAS 27, 63: 7 “he shall slaughter a sheep and prepare a joyful meal”. new

OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) kaspam ana immerim nu-da-ma-qá-am ana kâšim u PN addinma CT 6, 34b: 8 “I have given you and PN silver for one ram – (with the remark) ‘we will make good’(?)”. See Kraus 1987, 35; Dombradi 2000, 43-45; Westbrook 2003, 200f. new

OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) kez[retum m]u-da-am-m[i-qa-at n]īš qāt bēli[ša] RIME 4, 618: 4 “PN, the kez[retu ]-priestess (who) mak[es the pr]ayer of [her] lord pleasing”. new

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