آكل

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See also: أكل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ء ك ل (ʔ k l)
16 terms

Verb

آكَلَ (ʔākala) III (non-past يُؤَاكِلُ (yuʔākilu), verbal noun مُؤَاكَلَة (muʔākala) or إِكَال (ʔikāl))

  1. to eat together with another, share in another's meal
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “قِصَّة الْحَارِثِيِّ”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 158:
      وَأَنَا كَيْفَ أُؤَاكِلُ أَقْوَامًا يَصْنَعُونَ هٰذَا الصَّنِيعَ ثُمَّ يَحْتَجُّونَ لَهُ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْحُجَجِ؟
      waʔanā kayfa ʔuʔākilu ʔaqwāman yaṣnaʕūna hāḏā ṣ-ṣanīʕa ṯumma yaḥtajjūna lahu bimiṯli haḏihi l-ḥujaji?
      How can I eat with folk who do such as they do, and, in support of it, argue with such arguments as these?”
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Etymology 1.2

Verb

آكَلَ (ʔākala) IV (non-past يُؤْكِلُ (yuʔkilu), verbal noun إِيكَال (ʔīkāl)) (obsolete)

  1. to give something to eat, to feed
  2. to invite to eat
  3. to sow discord
  4. to bring forth fruit
  5. to bring one in another's power
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Etymology 1.3

Adjective

آكِلٌ (ʔākilun) (masculine plural آكِلُونَ (ʔākilūna) or أَكَلَةٌ (ʔakalatun))

  1. active participle of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
  2. -vore
    اَلْحَيَوَانَاتُ آكِلَةُ اللُّحُومِal-ḥayawānātu ʔākilatu l-luḥūmicarnivore animals
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Adjective

آكَل (ʔākal) (rare)

  1. who eats more
    • a. 869, Al-Jāḥiẓ, “طرف أهل خراسان - كُلٌّ ورغيفه”, in Muḥammad Fatḥī ʾAbū Bakr, editor, Al-Buḵalāʾ, 5th edition, Egyptian-Lebanese Publishing House, published 2021, →ISBN, page 67:
      فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ: لَوْلَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ آكَلُ مِنِّي لَأَدْخَلْتُ لَكَ هٰذَا الْكَلَامَ فِي بَابِ النَّصِيحَةِ.
      faqāla lahu ṣāḥibuhu: lawlā ʔaʕlamu ʔannaka ʔākalu minnī laʔadḵaltu laka hāḏā l-kalāma fī bābi n-naṣīḥati.
      And his friend said to him: If I were not to know that you are more esurient than I am, I would have commenced my advice with this introductory word.

Etymology 1.5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

آكل (form I)

  1. آكُلُ (ʔākulu) /ʔaː.ku.lu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
  2. آكُلَ (ʔākula) /ʔaː.ku.la/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
  3. آكُلْ (ʔākul) /ʔaː.kul/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَكَلَ (ʔakala)
  4. آكَلُ (ʔākalu) /ʔaː.ka.lu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَكِلَ (ʔakila)
  5. آكَلَ (ʔākala) /ʔaː.ka.la/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَكِلَ (ʔakila)
  6. آكَلْ (ʔākal) /ʔaː.kal/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of أَكِلَ (ʔakila)