See also: أكل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ء ك ل (ʔ-k-l)

Verb edit

آكَلَ (ʔākala) III, non-past يُؤَاكِلُ‎ (yuʔākilu)

  1. to eat together with another, share in another's meal
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “قِصَّة الْحَارِثِيِّ”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 158:
      وَأَنَا كَيْفَ أُؤَاكِلُ أَقْوَامًا يَصْنَعُونَ مِثْلَ هَذَا الصَّنِيعِ ثُمَّ يَحْتَجُّونَ لَهُ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْحُجَجِ؟
      waʔanā kayfa ʔuʔākilu ʔaqwāman yaṣnaʕūna miṯla haḏā ṣ-ṣanīʕi ṯumma yaḥtajjūna lahu bimiṯli haḏihi l-ḥujaji?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

آكَلَ (ʔākala) IV, non-past يُؤْكِلُ‎ (yuʔkilu) (obsolete)

  1. to give something to eat, to feed
  2. to invite to eat
  3. to sow discord
  4. to bring forth fruit
  5. to bring one in another's power
Conjugation edit
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Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

آكِلٌ (ʔākilun) (masculine plural آكِلُونَ (ʔākilūna) or أَكَلَةٌ (ʔakalatun))

  1. active participle of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
  2. -vore
    اَلْحَيَوَانَاتُ آكِلَةُ اللُّحُومِal-ḥayawānātu ʔākilatu l-luḥūmicarnivore animals
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Etymology 4 edit

Adjective edit

آكَل (ʔākal) (rare)

  1. who eats more
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “طرف أهل خراسان - كُلٌّ ورغيفه”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 67:
      فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ: لَوْلَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ آكَلُ مِنِّي لَأَدْخَلْتُ لَكَ هٰذَا الْكَلَامَ فِي بَابِ النَّصِيحَةِ.
      faqāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu: lawlā ʔaʕlamu ʔannaka ʔākalu minnī laʔadḵaltu laka hāḏā l-kalāma fī bābi n-naṣīḥati.
      And his friend said to him: If I were not to know that you are more esurient than I am, I would have commenced my advice with this introductory word.

Etymology 5 edit

Inflected form.

Verb edit

آكُلُ (ʔākulu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala, to eat)

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آكُلَ (ʔākula) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)

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آكُلْ (ʔākul) (form I)

  1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)