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Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔarak- (“to be long”). Cognate with Arabic أَرَكَ (ʔaraka, “to remain, continue”) and Biblical Hebrew אָרֹךְ (ʔɔróḵ).
Pronunciation
Verb
arākum (G, i, durative irrik, perfect ītarik, preterite īrik, imperative arik) (from Old Assyrian on)
- to be(come) long, last long
- to be delayed, too long, drag on
Conjugation
| Conjugation
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| Infinitive
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arākum
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| Participle
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ārikum
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| Adjective
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arkum
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| Active
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Durative
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Perfect
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Preterite
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Imperative
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| 1.sg
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arrik
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ātarik
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ārik
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lūrik
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| 2.sg
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m
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tarrik
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tātarik
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tārik
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arik
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| f
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tarrikī
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tātarkī
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tārikī
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arkī
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| 3.sg
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irrik
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ītarik
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īrik
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līrik
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| 1.pl
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nirrik
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nītarik
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nīrik
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i nīrik
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| 2.pl
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tarrikā
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tātarkā
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tārikā
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arkā
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| 3.pl
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m
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irrikū
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ītarkū
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īrikū
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līrikū
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| f
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irrikā
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ītarkā
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īrikā
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līrikā
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| This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.
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References
- “arāku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), 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