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ءكله

Root entry · 44 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of eating, consuming, and devouring. It extends to concepts of sustenance, livelihood, and what is eaten. Metaphorically, it can refer to destruction, intense desire, or overwhelming power.

Derived headwords

أَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eatboth

    To consume food. This is the primary and most common meaning.

  2. 2.
    to consumeboth

    To use up or deplete something, like resources or time.

  3. 3.
    to devourboth

    To eat something greedily or completely.

أَكْلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    eatingboth

    The act of eating.

  2. 2.
    consumptionboth

    The act of consuming or using up.

مَأْكَلnoun
  1. 1.
    foodboth

    That which is eaten; provisions.

  2. 2.
    place of eatingclassical

    A place where one eats.

آكِلadjective
  1. 1.
    eatingboth

    One who eats.

  2. 2.
    devouringboth

    Consuming or destroying.

أَكِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    eaterboth

    One who eats a lot; a glutton.

  2. 2.
    edibleclassical

    Fit to be eaten.

أَكْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a mealboth

    A single instance of eating; a portion of food.

  2. 2.
    biteclassical

    A mouthful or a small portion.

  3. 3.
    itchclassical

    A sensation of itching.

  4. 4.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease affecting a limb, causing it to decay.

ذو الأَكْلَةname
  1. 1.
    Hassan ibn Thabitclassical

    A title given to the poet Hassan ibn Thabit, possibly referring to his eloquence or his role as a poet.

الأَكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    itchclassical

    A sensation of itching.

  2. 2.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease causing decay.

الأَكَالnoun
  1. 1.
    itchclassical

    A sensation of itching.

  2. 2.
    decayclassical

    The process of rotting or decaying.

رجل أَكَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    gluttonous manboth

    A man who eats excessively.

آكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to feed someoneboth

    To give food to someone; to offer them a meal.

  2. 2.
    to eat withboth

    To share a meal with someone.

تَأْكِيلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    feedingclassical

    The act of feeding someone.

مُؤَاكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eating togetherboth

    The act of eating a meal with others.

إِكَالnoun
  1. 1.
    eating togetherboth

    The act of eating a meal with others.

وَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to attackclassical

    To attack or prey upon one another.

أَطْعَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to feedboth

    To provide food for plants or animals.

أَمْكَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to overpowerclassical

    To gain control over someone; to make them vulnerable.

اسْتَأْكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to ask for foodclassical

    To request food or sustenance from someone.

  2. 2.
    to exploitclassical

    To take advantage of the weak by taking their money or possessions.

الأَكْلnoun
  1. 1.
    datesclassical

    A type of fruit, specifically dates.

  2. 2.
    sustenanceboth

    Provision; livelihood; that which one lives on.

  3. 3.
    fortuneboth

    One's share or portion in life.

  4. 4.
    opinionboth

    Judgment; sound reasoning.

  5. 5.
    intelligenceboth

    Wisdom; good sense.

  6. 6.
    thickness of clothclassical

    The density or coarseness of fabric.

  7. 7.
    strengthclassical

    One's power or ability.

الأَكِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    decoy sheepclassical

    A sheep used to lure a wolf or other predator.

الأَكِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    decoy sheepclassical

    A sheep used to lure a wolf or other predator.

  2. 2.
    preyclassical

    What a predator has killed and eaten.

الأَكُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    infertile eweclassical

    A female sheep that is barren.

  2. 2.
المَأْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    provisionsclassical

    Food supplies, especially for a journey.

  2. 2.
    what is eatenclassical

    That which has been consumed.

ذوو الآكَالname
  1. 1.
    leaders of tribesclassical

    A term for tribal chiefs who collected tribute.

آكَال الملوكnoun
  1. 1.
    royal feastsclassical

    The meals and banquets of kings.

  2. 2.
    soldiers' desiresclassical

    The ambitions or greed of soldiers.

الآكِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shepherdessclassical

    A woman who tends to sheep.

آكِلَة اللحمnoun
  1. 1.
    knifeclassical

    A sharp instrument for cutting flesh.

  2. 2.
    pointed stickclassical

    A sharpened wooden implement.

  3. 3.
    fireclassical

    A destructive force that consumes.

  4. 4.
    whipsclassical

    Lashes used for punishment or control.

المِئْكَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small bowlclassical

    A small dish that can satisfy three people.

  2. 2.
    small potclassical

    A small cooking pot.

  3. 3.
    dishclassical

    Any vessel in which food is eaten.

أُكِلَverb
  1. 1.
    to decayboth

    To be consumed or eaten away by something.

ائْتَكَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat each otherboth

    To consume one another.

  2. 2.
    to burn intenselyclassical

    To glow or shine brightly, like metal or fire.

  3. 3.
    to be enragedclassical

    To become extremely angry or agitated.

تَأَكَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to decayboth

    To be consumed or eaten away.

  2. 2.
    to be enragedclassical

    To become angry or agitated.

  3. 3.
    to shine brightlyclassical

    To gleam intensely.

الأُكْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    diseaseclassical

    A disease causing decay in a limb.

أَكَلَتِ الناقةverb
  1. 1.
    camel's fetus itchesclassical

    A condition where the camel's fetus causes itching and discomfort in its mother.

الأَكَّالnoun
  1. 1.
    itchingclassical

    The sensation of itching.

الآكِلnoun
  1. 1.
    kingclassical

    A ruler or monarch.

المَأْكُولnoun
  1. 1.
    subjectsclassical

    The populace ruled by a king; the ruled.

المُؤْكَلadjective
  1. 1.
    provided forclassical

    One who is granted sustenance or livelihood.

المِئْكَالnoun
  1. 1.
    spoonboth

    An implement used for eating or serving food.

أَكَلَنِي رأسيverb
  1. 1.
    my head itchedboth

    A sensation of itching on the head.

ائْتَكَلَ غَضَباًverb
  1. 1.
    to burn with angerclassical

    To be consumed by intense rage.

أَكَلَ ماليverb
  1. 1.
    to consume my wealthboth

    To spend or waste one's money.

ظَلَّ مالي يُؤْكَل ويُشْرَبverb
  1. 1.
    my property was grazed freelyclassical

    My livestock were allowed to graze on my property without restriction.

قرية تأكل القرىphrase
  1. 1.
    a village that conquers villagesclassical

    A powerful village whose inhabitants conquer and plunder other villages.

حديث يأكل الأحاديثphrase
  1. 1.
    a story that overshadows othersclassical

    A narrative that is so compelling or significant that it eclipses all other stories.

Parallel reading

أكله أكلا ومأكلا
He consumed it, a consumption and a meal.
فهو آكل وأكيل من أكلة
He is an eater and a glutton, from a single meal.
والأكلة: المرة، وبالضم: اللقمة، والقرصة، والطعمة، ج: كصرد.
And 'aklah' (with fatha) is the instance (of eating), and with damma: the mouthful, the bite, and the portion, plural like 'surud'.
ورجل أكلة، كهمزة وأمير وصبور: بمعنى.
And a gluttonous man, like 'humazah', 'ameer', and 'saboor': meaning the same.
وآكله الشيء: أطعمه إياه ودعاه عليه
And 'aakaluhu al-shay': he fed him with it and invited him to it.
وكأكله تأكيلا
And like his feeding him.
وفلانا مواكلة وإكالا: أكل معه
And 'muwaakalatan wa ikalan' with someone: to eat with him.
وكايله في لغية
And he attacked him in a dispute.
وبينهم: حمل بعضهم على بعض
And 'baynahum': some of them attacked others.
والنخل والزرع: أطعم
And the palm trees and the crops: he fed them.
وفلان فلانا: أمكنه منه
And 'fulan fulanan': he overpowered him.
واستأكله الشيء: طلب إليه أن يجعله له أكلة
And 'ista'kalahu al-shay': he asked him to make it a meal for him.
ويستأكل الضعفاء، أي: يأخذ أموالهم
And he exploits the weak, meaning: he takes their money.
والأكل، بالضم وبضمتين: التمر والرزق، والحظ من الدنيا، والرأي، والعقل، والحصافة، وصفاقة الثوب، وقوته
And 'al-akl', with damma and two dammahs: dates and sustenance, and one's share of the world, and opinion, and intellect, and good judgment, and the thickness of cloth, and one's strength.
والأكيل والأكيلة: شاة تنصب ليصاد بها الذئب ونحوه، كالأكولة، بضمتين، وهي قبيحة
And 'al-akeel' and 'al-akeelah': a sheep set up to trap a wolf or the like, like 'al-akoolah' (with two dammahs), which is ugly.
والمأكول والمؤاكل، وما أكله السبع من الماشية، كالأكيلة
And 'al-ma'kool' and 'al-mu'aakal', and what the predator ate of the livestock, like 'al-akeelah'.
والأكولة: العاقر من الشياه، والشاة تعزل للأكل
And 'al-akoolah': the barren ewe, and the sheep set aside for eating.
والمأكلة، وتضم الكاف: الميرة، وما أكل، ويوصف به فيقال: شاة مأكلة
And 'al-ma'kalah', and the kaf is damma'd: provisions, and what is eaten, and it is used as an adjective, so it is said: a sheep to be eaten.
وذوو الآكال، بالمد، لا الآكال، ووهم الجوهري: سادة الأحياء. الآخذين للمرباع
And 'dhuwoo al-aakaal', with madd, not 'al-aakaal', and Jawhari was mistaken: the chiefs of the tribes. Those who take the tribute.
وآكال الملوك: مآكلهم، ومن الجند: أطماعهم
And 'aakaal al-mulook': their feasts, and of the soldiers: their desires.
والآكلة: الراعية
And 'al-aakilah': the shepherdess.
وآكلة اللحم: السكين، والعصا المحددة، والنار، والسياط
And 'aakilat al-lahm': the knife, the sharpened stick, the fire, and the whips.
والمئكلة: القصعة الصغيرة تشبع الثلاثة، والبرمة الصغيرة، وكل ما أكل فيه
And 'al-mi'kalah': the small bowl that satisfies three, the small pot, and everything in which food is eaten.
وأكل العضو والعود، كفرح، وائتكل وتأكل: أكل بعضه بعضا، والاسم: كغراب وكتاب
And 'akila al-'uḍw wa al-'ood', like 'fariḥ', and 'i'takala wa ta'akkala': part of it ate part of it, and the noun: like 'ghurab' and 'kitaab'.
والأكلة، كفرحة: داء في العضو يأتكل منه
And 'al-aklah', like 'farḥah': a disease in a limb from which it decays.
وتأكل منه: غضب وهاج، كائتكل
And 'ta'akkala minhu': he became angry and agitated, like 'i'takala.
والكحل، والصبر، والفضة، والسيف، والبرق: اشتد بريقه
And the kohl, and patience, and silver, and the sword, and lightning: its brilliance intensified.
وأكلت الناقة كفرح، أكالا، كسحاب: نبت وبر جنينها فوجدت حكة وأذى في بطنها، وهي أكلة، كفرحة، وبها أكال، كغراب
And 'akalat al-naaqah' like 'fariḥ', 'akalan', like 'saḥaab': her fetus grew and she felt itching and discomfort in her belly, and she is 'akilah', like 'farḥah', and she has 'akaal', like 'ghurab'.
والأسنان: تكسرت
And the teeth: they broke.
والآكل: الملك
And 'al-aakil': the king.
والمأكول: الرعية
And 'al-ma'kool': the subjects.
والمؤكل، كمكرم: المرزوق
And 'al-mu'kal', like 'mukram': the one who is provided for.
والمئكال: الملعقة
And 'al-mi'kaal': the spoon.
وأكلني رأسي إكلة، بالكسر، وأكالا، بالضم والفتح: حكني
And 'akalani ra'si iklah', with kasr, and 'akalaan', with damma and fatha: it itched me.
وائتكل غضبا: احترق وتوهج
And 'i'takala ghadaban': he burned and glowed with anger.
وأكل مالي تأكيلا وشربه: أطعمه الناس
And 'akala maali ta'keelan wa sharibahu': he fed people with my wealth.
وظل مالي يؤكل ويشرب، أي: يرعى كيف شاء
And my property remained to be eaten and drunk, meaning: it was grazed as it pleased.
وأمرت بقرية تأكل القرى، أي: يفتح أهلها القرى، ويغنمون أموالها، فجعل ذلك أكلا منها، أو هذا تفضيل لها، كقولهم: هذا حديث يأكل الأحاديث
And I was commanded concerning a village that devours villages, meaning: its people conquer villages and plunder their wealth, so that is considered a devouring from it, or this is a preference for it, like their saying: this is a story that devours stories.