أكل

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أكل^¹

/ʔa.ka.la/

Where it comes from

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.

verb أَكَلَ · ʔakala · يَأْكُلُ · أَكْل · مَأْكَل

transitive to eat; to consume (food)
transitive to consume (resources, money etc.) (envisioned as a form of eating)
transitive, of an erosive to gnaw; to eat away at; to abrade; to corrode; to erode; to destroy

أكل^²

/ʔa.ki.la/

verb أَكِلَ · ʔakila · يَأْكَلُ · أَكَل · -

intransitive, transitive to erode

أكل^³

/ʔak.ka.la/

verb أَكَّلَ · ʔakkala · يُؤَكِّلُ · تَأْكِيل · مُؤَكِّل

ditransitive, transitive to give (something) to eat, to feed
Similar: أَطْعَمَ

أكل^⁴

/ʔakl/

noun أَكْل · ʔakl · الْأَكْل · أَكْلٌ

noun from verb, transitive verbal noun of أَكَلَ (ʔakala) (form I)
transitive meal, repast
Similar: طَعَام
transitive fodder, feed
Similar: طَعَام

أكل^⁵

/ʔu.kul/
/ʔukl/

noun أُكُل · أُكْل · ʔukul · ʔukl

transitive food
transitive fruit

أكل^⁶

/ʔa.kal.la/

verb أَكَلَّ · ʔakalla · يُكِلُّ · إِكْلَال · مُكِلّ

transitive to tire out; to weary; to fatigue
transitive to harass; to torment
transitive to dim (one's glance)

In English

food any substance consumed by living organisms to sustain life
corrode to eat away
eating the act of consuming food
eat away to physically corrode or erode (something) gradually; (figurative) to destroy (s

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {أكل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

أكل