alākum

Akkadian

Root
'-l-k
4 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *halak- (to go). Cognate with Arabic هَلَكَ (halaka, to perish, die) and Biblical Hebrew הָלַךְ (hɔláḵ, to go).

Pronunciation

Verb

alākum (G, a-i, durative illak, perfect ītalak, preterite īlik, imperative alik)

  1. to go, move, proceed
  2. to come
  3. to move about, walk about
  4. to live, behave, act
  5. to serve, to do do service
  6. to be loose, movable, displaced
  7. to fluctuate (prices), run (water), burn, go (fire), blow (wind), fall (rain), trail (smoke), come, pass (time), run (road)
  8. to fit, be meant for

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive alākum
Participle ālikum
Adjective alkum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg allak ātalak ālik lūlik
2.sg m tallak tātalak tālik alik
f tallakī tātalkī tālikī alkī
3.sg illak ītalak īlik līlik
1.pl nillak nītalak nīlik i nīlik
2.pl tallakā tātalkā tālikā alkā
3.pl m illakū ītalkū īlikū līlikū
f illakā ītalkā īlikā līlikā

This table gives Old Babylonian inflection. For conjugation in other dialects, see Appendix:Akkadian dialectal conjugation.

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒀀𒆷𒆪𒌝 (a-la-ku-um)

Derived terms

  • alākam epēšum
  • ilkam alākum
  • tappûtam alākum
  • ḫarrānam alākum