أكل

See also: آكل

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.ka.la/
  • (file)

Verb

أَكَلَ (ʾakala) I, non-past يَأْكُلُ‎ (yaʾkulu)

  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

Etymology 2

Causative of أَكَلَ (ʾakala, to eat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔak.ka.la/

Verb

أَكَّلَ (ʾakkala) II, non-past يُؤَكِّلُ‎ (yuʾakkilu)

  1. to give something to eat, to feed
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔakl/

Noun

أَكْل (ʾakl) m

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔu.kul/
  • IPA(key): /ʔukl/

Noun

أُكُل or أُكْل (ʾukul or ʾukl) m

  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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.