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) (from Old Assyrian on)

  1.  to be(come) long, last long
  2. to be delayed, too long, drag on

Alternative forms
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • 𒁍 (GID₂)
  • 𒁍𒁕 (GID₂.DA)
  • 𒀀𒊏𒆪 (a-ra-ku)

Derived terms

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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