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

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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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