muttaʾdu
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Variant: muttādu
Meanings:
attentive one
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Domain: Character traits
Grammar:
pos: adj.Adjectivegender: masc.Masculineroot: nʾdI/n; II/ʾ (primae nūn, mediae ʾaleph)pattern: muPtaRiSGt-stem participle
Etymology: Derived ＜ naʾādu More likely ＜ naʾādu “to be attentive” (AHw. 689, CAD M/2, 303) than ＜ nâdu (CAD M/2, 304). The Gt from naʾādu is well attested, but no Gt from nâdu. A participle Gt, derived from nâdu, probably does not exist, pace CAD M/2, 304. The correct form of the participle is muttaʾdu (which might develop into muttādu, if the spelling mu-ut-ta-du is not defective for muttaʾdu); there is no reason for a form muttaʾidu as in CAD, because mut-ta-ʾ-id KAR 83 r. i 8 renders a stat. cstr.
1Attestations
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts lišmē mu-ut-ta-du-um TIM 9, 41: 12 SEAL “may the attentive one hear my praise!” also mu-ut-ta-⸢di?/da?⸣ ib. 2, 29.