كتب

See also: کتب, گپت, and ك ت ب

Arabic

تَكْتُبُ اِمْْرَأَةٌ كِتَابَةً (taktubu imraʾatun kitābatan)

Etymology 1

From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b). Compare to Hebrew כָּתַב (katáv, kāṯaḇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ta.ba/
  • (file)

Verb

كَتَبَ (kataba) I, non-past يَكْتُبُ‎ (yaktubu)

  1. to write, to pen, to write down, to inscribe, to enter, to record, to register
  2. to compose, to draw up, to draft
  3. to bequeath
  4. to prescribe
  5. to foreordain, to destine
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Form-II causative of كَتَبَ (kataba, to write).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kat.ta.ba/

Verb

كَتَّبَ • (kattaba) II, non-past يُكَتِّبُ‎ (yukattibu)

(causative)
  1. to cause to write, to make someone write
  2. to deploy in squadrons
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Inflected form.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Arabic) IPA(key): /ku.tub/
  • (Gulf) IPA(key): [kʊtʊb]

Noun

كُتُب (kutub) m pl

  1. plural of كِتَاب (kitāb)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.taːb/

Noun

كِتٰب (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))

  1. Classical Arabic spelling of كِتَاب (kitāb)
Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), كتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Verb

كتب (kátab) (perfect, imperfect يكتب (yíktib), Verb form I)

  1. to write

Conjugation

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