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, verbal adjective arkum) (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)

References
  • “arāku”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
  • Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “arāku(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
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