arākum

Akkadian edit

Root
'-r-k
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarak- (“to be long”). Cognate with Arabic أَرَكَ (ʔaraka, “to remain, continue”) and Biblical Hebrew אָרֹךְ (ʔɔróḵ).

Pronunciation edit

(Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.kum/

Verb edit

arākum (G, i, durative irrik, perfect ītarik, preterite īrik, imperative arik, verbal adjective arkum) (from Old Assyrian on)

to be(come) long, last long
to be delayed, too long, drag on

Conjugation edit

Conjugation
Infinitive		arākum
Participle		ārikum
Adjective		arkum
Active		Durative	Preterite	Perfect	Imperative
1.sg		arrik	ārik	ātarik	lūrik
2.sg	m	tarrik	tārik	tātarik	arik
2.sg	f	tarrikī	tārikī	tātarkī	arkī
3.sg		irrik	īrik	ītarik	līrik
1.pl		nirrik	nīrik	nītarik	i nīrik
2.pl		tarrikā	tārikā	tātarkā	arkā
3.pl	m	irrikū	īrikū	ītarkū	līrikū
3.pl	f	irrikā	īrikā	ītarkā	līrikā
This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms edit

arāku (non-mimated)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒁍 (GID₂) 𒁍𒁕 (GID₂.DA)	𒀀𒊏𒆪 (a-ra-ku)

References edit

“arāku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “arāku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag