א־כ־ל

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-. Compare Arabic ء ك ل (ʔ-k-l), Akkadian '-k-l.

Root

א־כ־ל • (ʾ-k-l)

1. Related to eating, food.
2. Related to eating away, corrosion.

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root א־כ־ל‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Further reading

• “א־כ־ל” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• “א־כ־ל”, in Hebrew dictionary and conjugation tables, Pealim.com
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “אכל”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 27
• A. Murtonen (1989) “ʾKL”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 90