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ʾ k l

40 lemmas · 10 languages
hamzatedContains ʾ (glottal stop) in position 1 or 3. Glottal stops assimilate or elide in many inflections, producing irregular surface forms.📜 Gen.24.45
Themes:food·9eat·9eating·4consume·3gluttonous·3
POS shape:noun·18verb·16adj·5root·1

This root is attested across 10 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.

Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family

*ʾ-k-lProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎀𐎋𐎍𐎀 𐎋 𐎍food
Canaanite
Hebrewאָכַלא כ לto eat
Phoenician𐤀𐤊𐤋𐤀 𐤊 𐤋to eat
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicאֲכַלא כ לto eat, to consume
Syriacܐܟܠܐܐ ܟ ܠeater
Assyrian NAܐܵܟ݂ܹܠܐ ܟ ܠto eat, to consume (food)
Arabic
Arabicآكَلَء ك لto eat together with another, share in another's meal
South Semitic
Old South Arabian
Sabaean𐩱𐩫𐩡𐩱 𐩫 𐩡cereal, grain
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezእክልአ ከ ለfood
Amharicአካልአ ከ ለbody part; organ

Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.

Ugaritic

irregular reflexug · 2 lemmas
  • ảklnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    food
    Compare Hebrew אוכל / אֹכֶל (ʾṓḵel), Arabic أُكْل (ʔukl, “food”)
  • ảklverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to eat
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal- (“to eat”). Compare Arabic أَكَل (ʔakal), Hebrew אָכַל (ʾāḵal).

Phoenician

irregular reflexphn · 1 lemma

Sabaean

irregular reflexsab · 1 lemma

Imperial Aramaic

arc · 2 lemmas
  • ʾăḵalverbinferred𐡀 tg. Onk. Gen 39:6Wiktionary ↗
    to eat, to consume
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-. Compare Hebrew אָכַל (akhál).
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    crowd, multitude, mob
    From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos).

Classical Syriac

syc · 8 lemmas
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    eater
    From the root ܐ ܟ ܠ related to eating. Compare Arabic آكِل (ʔākil) and Hebrew אֹכֵל (ʾōḵēl).
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    food
    Compare Arabic أُكْل (ʔukl) and Hebrew אֹכֶל (ʾṓḵel).
  • adjattestedWiktionary ↗
    gluttonous, voracious
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    devouring, consumption
    From the root ܐ ܟ ܠ related to eating. Compare Hebrew אַכְלָן (ʾaḵlān).
    1 derivation
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    food, victuals, provisions
    From the root ܐ ܟ ܠ related to eating. Compare Hebrew מַאֲכָל (maʾăḵāl).
  • nounattestedWiktionary ↗
    devouring
    From the root ܐ ܟ ܠ related to eating. Compare Arabic مَأْكَلَة (maʔkala).
  • ʾekalverbinferredWiktionary ↗
    to eat
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.
  • nouninferredWiktionary ↗
    emphatic plural of ܡܐܟܘܠܬܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

aii · 8 lemmas
  • āḵēlverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to eat, to consume (food)
    Inherited from Aramaic אֲכַל (ʾăḵal), from Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-; compare Classical Syriac ܐܸܟ݂ܲܠ (ʾĭḵal), Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala) and Hebrew אָכַל ('akhál).
    4 derivations
  • iḵālānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    eating
    Verbal noun of ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl, “to eat”)
  • maˀḵilverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to feed
    Causitive stem of the verb ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl, “to eat”); compare Classical Syriac ܐܲܘܟܸ݁ܠ (ʾawkil), Arabic آكَلَ (ʔākala) and Hebrew הֶאֱכִיל (he'ekhíl).
    2 derivations
  • āḵōlānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    eater, one who eats, especially much; glutton
    Agent noun of ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl, “to eat”).
  • āḵōlāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    gluttonous, voracious, eating much
    Agent noun of ܐܵܟ݂ܹܠ (āḵēl, “to eat”).
  • miṯˀaḵlānāadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    edible (able to be eaten)
    Agent noun of ܡܸܬ݂ܐܟ݂ܸܠ (miṯˀḵil, “to be eaten”), see ܡܸܬ- (mit-, “-able”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā).
  • mitˀaḵlānānounattestedWiktionary ↗
    edible (anything edible)
    Agent noun of ܡܸܬ݂ܐܟ݂ܸܠ (miṯˀḵil, “to be eaten”), see ܡܸܬ- (mit-, “-able”) + -ܢܐ (-ānā).
  • ˀ k lrootinferredWiktionary ↗
    forming words pertaining to eating
    From Proto-Semitic; compare Hebrew א־כ־ל (ʾ-k-l), Akkadian '-k-l and Arabic ء ك ل (ʔ k l).

Hebrew

he · 8 lemmas

Arabic

ar · 8 lemmas
  • ʔākalaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to eat together with another, share in another's meal
  • ʔākuluverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
  • ʔakalaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to eat, to consume (food)
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.
  • ʔakilaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to erode
  • ʔakkalaverbattestedWiktionary ↗
    to give (something) to eat, to feed
  • ʔakkāladjattestedWiktionary ↗
    gluttonous, voracious
    Characteristic adjective from أَكَلَ (ʔakala, “to eat”). Intensive form of آكِل (ʔākil, “eater”).
  • ʔaklanounattestedWiktionary ↗
    meal, an instance of food, some scran
  • ʔakalaadjattestedWiktionary ↗
    plural of آكِل (ʔākil, “eating”)

Ge'ez

gez · 1 lemma
  • ʾəklnouninferredWiktionary ↗
    food
    From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.

Amharic

am · 1 lemma

Related rootsshare 2 of 3 consonants with ʾ-k-l

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