Akkadian
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Etymology
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From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- (“to eat”). Cognate with Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala) and Biblical Hebrew אָכַל (ʔɔḵál).
Pronunciation
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akālum (G, a-u, durative ikkal, perfect ītakal, preterite īkul, imperative akul)
- to eat, consume
- to use, to have usufruct of
- to pocket, (to take for oneself)
Conjugation
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| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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akālum
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| Participle
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ākilum
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| Adjective
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aklum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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akkal
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ātakal
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ākul
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lūkul
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| 2.sg
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m
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takkal
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tātakal
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tākul
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akul
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| f
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takkalī
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tātaklī
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tākulī
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aklī
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| 3.sg
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ikkal
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ītakal
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īkul
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līkul
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| 1.pl
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nikkal
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nītakal
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nīkul
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i nīkul
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| 2.pl
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takkalā
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tātaklā
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tākulā
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aklā
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| 3.pl
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m
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ikkalū
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ītaklū
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īkulū
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līkulū
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| f
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ikkalā
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ītaklā
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īkulā
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līkulā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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