arākum

Akkadian

Root
'-r-k
2 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔarak- (to be long). Cognate with Arabic أَرَكَ (ʔaraka, to remain, continue) and Biblical Hebrew אָרֹךְ (ʔɔróḵ).

Pronunciation

Verb

arākum (G, i, durative irrik, perfect ītarik, preterite īrik, imperative arik) (from Old Assyrian on)

  1. to be(come) long, last long
  2. to be delayed, too long, drag on

Conjugation

Conjugation
Infinitive arākum
Participle ārikum
Adjective arkum
Active Durative Perfect Preterite Imperative
1.sg arrik ātarik ārik lūrik
2.sg m tarrik tātarik tārik arik
f tarrikī tātarkī tārikī arkī
3.sg irrik ītarik īrik līrik
1.pl nirrik nītarik nīrik i nīrik
2.pl tarrikā tātarkā tārikā arkā
3.pl m irrikū ītarkū īrikū līrikū
f irrikā ītarkā īrikā līrikā

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

Alternative forms

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁍 (GID₂)
  • 𒁍𒁕 (GID₂.DA)
  • 𒀀𒊏𒆪 (a-ra-ku)

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