# أكل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

From Proto-Semitic *ʔakal-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.ka.la/
* Audio:(file)

#### Verb

أَكَلَ • (ʔakala) I (non-past يَأْكُلُ (yaʔkulu), verbal noun أَكْل (ʔakl) or مَأْكَل (maʔkal))
* (transitive) to eat, to consume (food)
* (transitive) to consume (resources, money, and so on) (envisioned as a form of eating)
* (transitive, of an erosive, decaying, or combustive agent such as fire, insects, or rust) to gnaw, to eat away, to abrade, to corrode, to erode; to destroy

##### Descendants

* Egyptian Arabic: أكل (ʔakal)
* Gulf Arabic: كلى (kila, kala), كَلَا (kila, kala)
* Maltese: kiel
* Moroccan Arabic: كال (kāl), كلى (klā)
* South Levantine Arabic: أكل (ʔakal)

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.ki.la/

#### Verb

أَكِلَ • (ʔakila) I (non-past يَأْكَلُ (yaʔkalu), verbal noun أَكَل (ʔakal))
* (intransitive) to erode

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔak.ka.la/

#### Verb

أَكَّلَ • (ʔakkala) II (non-past يُؤَكِّلُ (yuʔakkilu), verbal noun تَأْكِيل (taʔkīl))
* (ditransitive) to give (something) to eat, to feed
    Synonym: أَطْعَمَ (ʔaṭʕama)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔakl/

#### Noun

أَكْل • (ʔakl) m
* verbal noun of أَكَلَ (ʔakala) (form I)
* food
    Synonym: طَعَام (ṭaʕām)
** meal, repast
** fodder, feed

##### Descendants

* Gulf Arabic: اَكِل (akil)

### Etymology 1.5
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔu.kul/
* IPA: /ʔukl/

#### Noun

أُكُل or أُكْل • (ʔukul or ʔukl) m
* food
* fruit

##### Declension
#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “ءكل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ʔa.kal.la/

#### Verb

أَكَلَّ • (ʔakalla) IV (non-past يُكِلُّ (yukillu), verbal noun إِكْلَال (ʔiklāl))
* to tire out, to weary, to fatigue
* to harass, to torment
* to dim (one's glance)

##### Conjugation
## Egyptian Arabic
### Alternative forms

* اكل (alternative spelling)

### Etymology 1.1

From Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.kal/

#### Verb

أكل • (ʔakal) I (non-past ياكل (yākul), verbal noun أكل (ʔakl), active participle واكل (wākil), passive participle متاكل (mittākil))
* (transitive) to eat
* (transitive) to irritate the skin of [with في and object]
    القميص ده بياكل فيا ― il-ʔamīṣ da biyākul fiyya ― This shirt is irritating me
* (by extension) to vex, to annoy

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### Etymology 1.2

From Arabic أَكْل (ʔakl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔakl/

#### Noun

أكل • (ʔakl) m
* verbal noun of أكل (akal): eating
* food
* (by extension) cuisine
    الأكل اليوناني ― il-ʔakl il-yunāni ― Greek cuisine

### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَكَّلَ (ʔakkala)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔakkil/

#### Verb

أكّل • (ʔakkil) (non-past يأكل (yiʔakkil), active participle مأكل (miʔakkil))
* (ditransitive) to feed

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### Related terms

* يتاكل (yittākil, “Passive form; to be eaten, to be eroded”)
* أكلة (ʔakla, “meal”)

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.kal/

#### Verb

أَكَل • (ʔakal) I (non-past ياكل (yākul))
* to eat

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَكَّلَ (ʔakkala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔak.kal/

#### Verb

أَكَّل • (ʔakkal) II (non-past يِأَكِّل (yiʔakkil))
* to eat

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic أَكْل (ʔakl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.kil/, [ʔa.kɪl]

#### Noun

أكل • (ʔakil) m (construct state أَكْل (ʔakl))
* food
* eating

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَكَلَ (ʔakala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔa.kal/, [ˈʔa.kal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

أكل • (ʔakal) I (present بياكل (byākol) or بوكل (bōkel), active participle ماكل (mākel))
* to eat
    لقیت الفار ماكل الجبنة.laʔēt il-fār mākel il-jibneI found the mouse had eaten the cheese.

##### Usage notes

* بياكل (byākol) is more widely understood, as it is also used in North Levantine and Egyptian dialects, while بوكل (bōkel) is typically South Levantine. This feature is shared with the verb أخد (ʔaḵad).

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَكْل (ʔakl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔakl/, [ˈʔa.k(ɪ)l]
* Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

#### Noun

أكل • (ʔákil) m
* food
* eating