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أَكْل

food

Noun · masculineRoot ء-ك-ل

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Also written أكل: أَكَلَ (to eat)

Highlights

Verbal noun of
أَكَلَ
to eat

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
أَكَلَ
to eat
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

أَكْل in English

Noun · masculine

Verbal noun of أَكَلَ (to eat): the act or idea of the verb.

  1. food
    1. meal, repast transitive
    2. fodder, feed transitive

Words from the root ء-ك-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

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

أَكْل
Verbal noun
food
مَأْكَل
Verbal noun
food
آكِل
Active participle · Adjective
-vore
مَأْكُول
Passive participle
food
أَكَّال
Derived noun · Adjective
gluttonous
أَكِلَ · present يَأْكَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to erode

أَكَل
Verbal noun
أَكَّلَ · present يُؤَكِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to give (something) to eat, to feed

تَأْكِيل
Verbal noun
مُؤَكِّل
Active participle
مُؤَكَّل
Passive participle
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
Verbal noun
إِكَال
Verbal noun
مُؤَاكِل
Active participle
مُؤَاكَل
Passive participle
آكَلَ · present يُؤْكِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to give something to eat, to feed; to invite to eat; to sow discord

إِيكَال
Verbal noun
مُؤْكِل
Active participle
مُؤْكَل
Passive participle
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
Verbal noun
مُتَأَكِّل
Active participle
تَآكَلَ · present يَتَآكَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to eat with one another; to be devoured, to be consumed; to be eaten away

تَآكُل
Verbal noun
مُتَآكِل
Active participle · Adjective
rusty
اِئْتَكَلَ · present يَأْتَكِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to corrode, erode

اِئْتِكَال
Verbal noun
مُؤْتَكِل
Active participle
مُؤْتَكَل
Passive participle
أُكُل
Noun
food
آكَل
Adjective
who eats more
أَكُول
Adjective
eating much
أَكْلَة
Noun · f.
meal
أُكْلَة
Noun · f.
morsel
أَكِلَة
Noun · f.
a female camel which suffers itching from hair or hair on h…

أَكْل in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

لأَنَّ «إِلهَنَا نَارٌ آكِلَةٌ».For our God is a consuming fire.Hebrews 12:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ إِلهَكَ هُوَ نَارٌ آكِلَةٌ، إِلهٌ غَيُورٌ.For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.Deuteronomy 4:24, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَأَنَا كَمُتَسَوِّسٍ يَبْلَى، كَثَوْبٍ أَكَلَهُ الْعُثُّ.And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.Job 13:28, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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