arākum

== Akkadian == === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *ʔarak- (“to be long”). Cognate with Arabic أَرَكَ (ʔaraka, “to remain, continue”) and Biblical Hebrew אָרֹךְ (ʔɔróḵ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈraː.kum/ === Verb === arākum (G, i, durative irrik, perfect ītarik, preterite īrik, imperative arik) (from Old Assyrian on) to be(come) long, last long to be delayed, too long, drag on ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== arāku (non-mimated) === 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, via the electronic Babylonian Library