Akkadian

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Root
'-k-l
2 terms

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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Verb

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akālum (G, a-u, durative ikkal, perfect ītakal, preterite īkul, imperative akul)

  1. to eat, consume
  2. to use, to have usufruct of
  3. to pocket, (to take for oneself)

Conjugation

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Conjugation
Infinitive akālum
Participle ākilum
Adjective aklum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg akkal ātakal ākul lūkul
2.sg m takkal tātakal tākul akul
f takkalī tātaklī tākulī aklī
3.sg ikkal ītakal īkul līkul
1.pl nikkal nītakal nīkul i nīkul
2.pl takkalā tātaklā tākulā aklā
3.pl m ikkalū ītaklū īkulū līkulū
f ikkalā ītaklā īkulā līkulā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

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Derived terms

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