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

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /aˈraː.kum/

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

• arāku (non-mimated)

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)‎^[1], 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