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Arabic root

ا-ك-ل

Alif-Kaf-Lam

2 words from this root family

About this root

Alif-Kaf-Lam (ا-ك-ل) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: yaʾkulu (he eats), akala (to eat).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 109 times in 101 verses, across 40 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:35. The form أَكَلَ (to eat) accounts for 93 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Food, Daily

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
يَأْكُلُ
yaʾkulu
he eatsverb, A1Essential Verbs
أَكَلَ
akala
to eatverb, A193×Food & Dining - Final Words

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَقُلْنَا يَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ ٱسْكُنْ أَنتَ وَزَوْجُكَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَكُلَا مِنْهَا رَغَدًا حَيْثُ شِئْتُمَا وَلَا تَقْرَبَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلشَّجَرَةَ فَتَكُونَا مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

And We said: O Adam! Dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and eat ye freely (of the fruits) thereof where ye will; but come not nigh this tree lest ye become wrong-doers.

Quran 2:35
وَأَخْذِهِمُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَقَدْ نُهُوا۟ عَنْهُ وَأَكْلِهِمْ أَمْوَٰلَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ ۚ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا

And of their taking usury when they were forbidden it, and of their devouring people's wealth by false pretences, We have prepared for those of them who disbelieve a painful doom.

Quran 4:161
وَفِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قِطَعٌ مُّتَجَـٰوِرَٰتٌ وَجَنَّـٰتٌ مِّنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَزَرْعٌ وَنَخِيلٌ صِنْوَانٌ وَغَيْرُ صِنْوَانٍ يُسْقَىٰ بِمَآءٍ وَٰحِدٍ وَنُفَضِّلُ بَعْضَهَا عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ فِى ٱلْأُكُلِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ

And in the Earth are neighbouring tracts, vineyards and ploughed lands, and date-palms, like and unlike, which are watered with one water. And we have made some of them to excel others in fruit. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who have sense.

Quran 13:4

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A1verb
يَأْكُلُ
yaʾkulu

he eats

Example
يَأْكُلُ الطَّعَامَ فِي الْمَطْعَمِ.
yaʾkulu aṭ-ṭaʿāma fī al-maṭʿami.
He eats food at the restaurant.
Grammar

Form I verb, present tense. Root ʾ-k-l gives: akl (eating), maʾkūlāt (edibles).

A1verb
أَكَلَ
akala

to eat

Example
أَكَلْتُ فِي المَطْعَمِ
akaltu fī al-maṭʿami
I ate at the restaurant

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