alākum

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Akkadian[edit]

Root
'-l-k
4 terms

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Semitic *halak- (to go). Cognate with Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka, to perish, die) and Biblical Hebrew הָלַךְ (hɔláḵ, to go).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

alākum (G, a-i, durative illak, perfect ittalak, preterite illik, imperative alik)

  1. to go, move, proceed
  2. to come
  3. to move about, walk about
  4. to live, behave, act
  5. to serve, to do do service
  6. to be loose, movable, displaced
  7. to fluctuate (prices), run (water), burn, go (fire), blow (wind), fall (rain), trail (smoke), come, pass (time), run (road)
  8. to fit, be meant for

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