akālum

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Akkadian

Root
'-k-l
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- (to eat). Cognate with Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala) and Biblical Hebrew אָכַל (ʔɔḵál).

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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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