food
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Also written أكل: أَكْل (food)
Highlights
Most common words from the same root
Adjective
آكِل
-vore
Noun
مَأْكُول
food
Verb · Form IV
آكَلَ
to give something to eat
Verb · Form III
آكَلَ
to eat together
Verb · Form II
أَكَّلَ
to feed
أَكَلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to eat; to consume (food) transitive
- to consume (resources, money etc.) (envisioned as a form of eating) transitive
- to gnaw; to eat away at; to abrade; to corrode; to erode; to destroy transitive
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.
Words from the root ء-ك-ل
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أَكَلَ
· present يَأْكُلُ
Form I · The plain action
to eat; to consume (food); to consume (resources, money etc.) (envisioned as a form of eating); to gnaw; to eat away at; to abrade; to corrode; to erode; to destroy
مَأْكَل
food
آكِل
-vore
مَأْكُول
food
أَكَّال
gluttonous
أَكَّلَ
· present يُؤَكِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to give (something) to eat, to feed
تَأْكِيل
مُؤَكِّل
مُؤَكَّل
آكَلَ
· present يُؤَاكِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to eat together with another, to eat together; to eat with each other, to eat with one another, to eat together with; to share in another's meal, to partake of another’s meal, to share a meal with one another, to share a meal together
مُؤَاكَلَة
إِكَال
مُؤَاكِل
مُؤَاكَل
آكَلَ
· present يُؤْكِلُ
Form IV · Causative
to give something to eat, to feed; to invite to eat; to sow discord
إِيكَال
مُؤْكِل
مُؤْكَل
تَأَكَّلَ
· present يَتَأَكَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be devoured, to be consumed; to be eaten away, to corrode; to become old and worn
تَأَكُّل
مُتَأَكِّل
تَآكَلَ
· present يَتَآكَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to eat with one another; to be devoured, to be consumed; to be eaten away
تَآكُل
مُتَآكِل
rusty
اِئْتَكَلَ
· present يَأْتَكِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to corrode, erode
اِئْتِكَال
مُؤْتَكِل
مُؤْتَكَل
أُكُل
food
آكَل
who eats more
أَكُول
eating much
أَكْلَة
meal
أُكْلَة
morsel
أَكِلَة
a female camel which suffers itching from hair or hair on h…
أَكَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | أَكَلْتُ | آكُلُ | آكُلَ | آكُلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | أَكَلْتَ | تَأْكُلُ | تَأْكُلَ | تَأْكُلْ | كُلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | أَكَلْتِ | تَأْكُلِينَ | تَأْكُلِي | تَأْكُلِي | كُلِي |
| هُوَ he | أَكَلَ | يَأْكُلُ | يَأْكُلَ | يَأْكُلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | أَكَلَتْ | تَأْكُلُ | تَأْكُلَ | تَأْكُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | أَكَلْتُمَا | تَأْكُلَانِ | تَأْكُلَا | تَأْكُلَا | كُلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | أَكَلَا | يَأْكُلَانِ | يَأْكُلَا | يَأْكُلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | أَكَلَتَا | تَأْكُلَانِ | تَأْكُلَا | تَأْكُلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | أَكَلْنَا | نَأْكُلُ | نَأْكُلَ | نَأْكُلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | أَكَلْتُمْ | تَأْكُلُونَ | تَأْكُلُوا | تَأْكُلُوا | كُلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | أَكَلْتُنَّ | تَأْكُلْنَ | تَأْكُلْنَ | تَأْكُلْنَ | كُلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | أَكَلُوا | يَأْكُلُونَ | يَأْكُلُوا | يَأْكُلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | أَكَلْنَ | يَأْكُلْنَ | يَأْكُلْنَ | يَأْكُلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | أَكْل، مَأْكَل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | آكِل |
| Passive participle | مَأْكُول |
أَكَلَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
«لاَ تَأْكُلْ رِجْسًا مَّا.Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.Deuteronomy 14:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
كُلَّ طَيْرٍ طَاهِرٍ تَأْكُلُونَ.But of all clean fowls ye may eat.Deuteronomy 14:20, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«كُلَّ طَيْرٍ طَاهِرٍ تَأْكُلُونَ.Of all clean birds ye shall eat.Deuteronomy 14:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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