Arabic vocabulary
أُكُلfruit in Arabic
أُكُل is how you say “fruit” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root ا ك ل (a-k-l)nounPronounced ukul
Meaning of fruit in Arabic
- fruit; the produce or yield of a tree or plant — the thing eaten or harvested, as opposed to the act of eating itself
The root's basic verb أَكَلَ means simply 'he ate it,' with أَكْلٌ as the verbal noun for the act of eating. أُكُل instead names the result — the fruit or produce that is eaten — and the root also extends tropically to 'devouring' in a broader sense (fire consuming wood, wealth being consumed, even backbiting described as 'eating a brother's flesh').
Words from the same root
- أَكَلَhe ate it (basic verb, form I)
- أَكَّلَhe fed someone, gave them to eat (form II)
- اِيتَكَلَit became corroded or decayed, eaten away part by part (form VIII, of a limb or sore)
- أَكَلٌwasting or wearing away (e.g. of teeth rubbing down with age)
- إِكْلَةٌan itching (tropical sense, as in 'my head itched')
- أَكَالٌitching (variant noun, also used of an animal's belly itch)
Common questions
- How do you say "fruit" in Arabic?
- أُكُل (ukul).
- What is the root of أُكُل and what does it mean?
- Its root is ا ك ل (a-k-l), the same root behind أَكَلَ 'he ate' — it centers on eating and consuming, with أُكُل specifically meaning the fruit or produce eaten.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
فَلَا تزَال الشَّجَرَة تؤتي أكلهَا كل حِين بإذن الله رَبِّهَا
The tree continues to yield its fruit at all times by the permission of its Lord.
أُكُلَهَا — its fruit. ukul means 'food, produce'; the ending '-ha' adds 'its' — 'its produce'; the object of 'yields'.
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