أكل

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See also: آكل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾakal- (root ء ك ل (ʔ-k-l)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ka.la/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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  1. to eat, to consume, to swallow, to devour
  2. to destroy
  3. to gnaw, to eat away, to corrode, to erode
  4. to spend unlawfully
  5. to enrich oneself, to feather one's nest
Conjugation

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Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: كلى (kila)
  • Maltese: kiel

Etymology 2

Causative of أَكَلَ (ʔakala, to eat).

Pronunciation

Verb

أَكَّلَ (ʔakkala) II (non-past يُؤَكِّلُ (yuʔakkilu), verbal noun تَأْكِيل (taʔkīl))

  1. (ditransitive) to give something to eat, to feed
    Synonym: أَطْعَمَ (ʔaṭʕama)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

أَكْل (ʔaklm

  1. verbal noun of أَكَلَ (ʔakala) (form I)
  2. food
  3. meal, repast
  4. fodder, feed
Declension
Descendants

Pronunciation

Noun

أُكُل or أُكْل (ʔukul or ʔuklm

  1. food
  2. fruit
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءكل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN