ء ك ل

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Arabic

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾakal- (to eat; food). Compare Biblical Hebrew א־כ־ל (ʾ-k-l). and Akkadian '-k-l.

Root

ء ك ل (ʔ-k-l)

  1. related to food and eating
  2. hence, related to eating away from, corrosion, itching and the like

Derived terms

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References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 62
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ء ك ل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 31
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “ء ك ل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 46–47
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ء ك ل”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 43
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “ء ك ل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 71–73
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ء ك ل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen, page 69
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ء ك ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 27

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ء ك ل (transliteration needed)

  1. Related to food and eating

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms
  • Form I: أكل (ʔakal, to eat)
    • Noun Form: أكل (ʔakl, food; eating)
    • Active participle: ماكل (mākel)
    • Passive participle: مأكول (maʔkūl)
  • Form VI: اتّاكل (ittākal, to be eaten; to be edible)
Nouns