قط

See also: ق.ظ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Adverb

قَطُّ (qaṭṭu)

  1. (with the past tense in the negative) ever, never

Etymology 2

Verb

قَطَّ (qaṭṭa) I, non-past يَقُطُّ‎ (yaquṭṭu)

  1. to carve
  2. to cut, to trim, to clip, to pare
  3. to sharpen a nib, pencil
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Adjective

قَطّ (qaṭṭ)

  1. short and curly (of hair)
Declension

Etymology 4

A domestic cat

Alteration of dialectal (Syrian) قَطّ (qaṭṭ), from Classical Syriac ܩܛܘ (qaṭṭu), ultimately from Late Latin cattus.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

قِطّ (qiṭṭ) m (plural قِطَط (qiṭaṭ) or قِطَاط (qiṭāṭ) or قِطَطَة (qiṭaṭa), feminine قِطَّة (qiṭṭa))

  1. cat, tomcat
Declension

References

  1. John Huehnergard, “Qitta: Arabic Cats”, in Classical Arabic Humanities in Their Own Terms, ed. Beatrice Gruendler (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 407–18, esp. 413–4.

Etymology 5

Noun

قَطّ (qaṭṭ) m

  1. verbal noun of قَطَّ (qaṭṭa) (form I)
Declension



Egyptian Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ʔʊtˁː/

Noun

قُطّ (ʾuṭṭ) m (plural قُطَط (ʾuṭaṭ), feminine قُطَّة (ʾuṭṭa))

  1. cat
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