كتب

See also: کتب, گپت, and ك ت ب

Arabic

تَكْتُبُ ٱمْرَأَةٌ رِسَالَةً (taktubu mraʔatun risālatan, “a woman is writing a letter”)

Etymology 1

Root
ك ت ب (k t b)
23 terms

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-, but the sense "to write" has long been considered a borrowing from another Central Semitic language, perhaps denominally from كِتَاب (kitāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ba/

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Verb

كَتَبَ • (kataba) I (non-past يَكْتُبُ (yaktubu), verbal noun كِتَابَة (kitāba) or كَتْب (katb) or كِتَاب (kitāb)) (transitive)

1. to mark (symbols, shapes, graphs, glyphs, letters, and the like) on a surface, to write, to inscribe
   1. to draw (figures)

      Synonyms: رَسَمَ (rasama, “to draw (a shape or a letter)”), خَطَّ (ḵaṭṭa, “to handwrite”)

      Hyponym: حَبَرَ (ḥabara, “to ink”)

   2. to cut (figures)

      Synonym: نَقَشَ (naqaša, “to inscribe by carving, to engrave, to etch”)

2. to produce or generate by writing
   1. to write up, to compose, to draw up, to draft

      Synonyms: أَنْشَأَ (ʔanšaʔa, “to compose”), سَطَرَ (saṭara, “to line; to write”)

      Hyponyms: أَلَّفَ (ʔallafa, “to author”), صَنَّف (ṣannaf, “to compile; to compose”), نَظَمَ (naẓama, “to compose (rhyming and metrical verse)”)

   2. to set down figures with a typewriter or a keyboard, to typewrite or keyboard, to type
3. to put down in writing, to write down; to record; to register; to track

   Synonym: سَجَّلَ (sajjala, “to record, to register; to account for”)

   Hyponyms: أَحْصَى (ʔaḥṣā, “to record or enumerate in writing or otherwise”), أَرَّخَ (ʔarraḵa, “to chronicle, to historize”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:81:

     وَٱللَّهُ يَكْتُبُ مَا يُبَيِّتُونَ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ وَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ

     wa-llahu yaktubu mā yubayyitūna faʔaʕriḍ ʕanhum wa-tawakkal ʕalā llahi

     But God records what they scheme by night; so turn away from them and rely upon Allah.

   1. to write down (an event, such as a destiny or a fatality); to destine or predestine; to foreordain

      Synonym: قَدَّرَ (qaddara)

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:51:

        قُل لَنْ يُصِيبَنَا إِلَّا مَا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَنَا

        qul lan yuṣībanā ʔillā mā kataba llahu lanā

        Say "Never will we be struck except by what Allah has decreed for us..."

   2. to write down (an ordinance, a law, a commandment, or the like); to prescribe
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:

        مِنْ أَجْلِ ذٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا

        min ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan biḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fī l-ʔarḍi fakaʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan wa-man ʔaḥyāhā fakaʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan

        Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land; it is as if he had slain mankind entirely. And whoever saves one: it is as if he had saved mankind entirely.

   3. to bequeath
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:21:

        يَا قَوْمِ ٱدْخُلُوا ٱلْأَرْضَ ٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَ ٱلَّتِي كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَرْتَدُّوا عَلَى أَدْبَارِكُمْ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا خَاسِرِينَ

        yā qawmi dḵulū l-ʔarḍa l-muqaddasata llatī kataba l-lahu lakum wa-lā tartaddū ʕalā ʔadbārikum fatanqalibū ḵāsirīna

        O my people, enter the Holy Land that Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back and become losers.

Conjugation

Conjugation of كَتَبَ (I, sound, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns كِتَابَة, كَتْب, كِتَاب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						كِتَابَة, كَتْب, كِتَاب kitāba, katb, kitāb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						كَاتِب kātib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَكْتُوب maktūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	كَتَبْتُ katabtu	كَتَبْتَ katabta	كَتَبَ kataba		كَتَبْنَا katabnā	كَتَبْتُمَا katabtumā	كَتَبَا katabā		كَتَبْنَا katabnā	كَتَبْتُمْ katabtum	كَتَبُوا katabū
	f		كَتَبْتِ katabti	كَتَبَتْ katabat				كَتَبَتَا katabatā			كَتَبْتُنَّ katabtunna	كَتَبْنَ katabna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَكْتُبُ ʔaktubu	تَكْتُبُ taktubu	يَكْتُبُ yaktubu		نَكْتُبُ naktubu	تَكْتُبَانِ taktubāni	يَكْتُبَانِ yaktubāni		نَكْتُبُ naktubu	تَكْتُبُونَ taktubūna	يَكْتُبُونَ yaktubūna
	f		تَكْتُبِينَ taktubīna	تَكْتُبُ taktubu				تَكْتُبَانِ taktubāni			تَكْتُبْنَ taktubna	يَكْتُبْنَ yaktubna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَكْتُبَ ʔaktuba	تَكْتُبَ taktuba	يَكْتُبَ yaktuba		نَكْتُبَ naktuba	تَكْتُبَا taktubā	يَكْتُبَا yaktubā		نَكْتُبَ naktuba	تَكْتُبُوا taktubū	يَكْتُبُوا yaktubū
	f		تَكْتُبِي taktubī	تَكْتُبَ taktuba				تَكْتُبَا taktubā			تَكْتُبْنَ taktubna	يَكْتُبْنَ yaktubna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَكْتُبْ ʔaktub	تَكْتُبْ taktub	يَكْتُبْ yaktub		نَكْتُبْ naktub	تَكْتُبَا taktubā	يَكْتُبَا yaktubā		نَكْتُبْ naktub	تَكْتُبُوا taktubū	يَكْتُبُوا yaktubū
	f		تَكْتُبِي taktubī	تَكْتُبْ taktub				تَكْتُبَا taktubā			تَكْتُبْنَ taktubna	يَكْتُبْنَ yaktubna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُكْتُبْ uktub				اُكْتُبَا uktubā				اُكْتُبُوا uktubū
	f		اُكْتُبِي uktubī								اُكْتُبْنَ uktubna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	كُتِبْتُ kutibtu	كُتِبْتَ kutibta	كُتِبَ kutiba		كُتِبْنَا kutibnā	كُتِبْتُمَا kutibtumā	كُتِبَا kutibā		كُتِبْنَا kutibnā	كُتِبْتُمْ kutibtum	كُتِبُوا kutibū
	f		كُتِبْتِ kutibti	كُتِبَتْ kutibat				كُتِبَتَا kutibatā			كُتِبْتُنَّ kutibtunna	كُتِبْنَ kutibna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكْتَبُ ʔuktabu	تُكْتَبُ tuktabu	يُكْتَبُ yuktabu		نُكْتَبُ nuktabu	تُكْتَبَانِ tuktabāni	يُكْتَبَانِ yuktabāni		نُكْتَبُ nuktabu	تُكْتَبُونَ tuktabūna	يُكْتَبُونَ yuktabūna
	f		تُكْتَبِينَ tuktabīna	تُكْتَبُ tuktabu				تُكْتَبَانِ tuktabāni			تُكْتَبْنَ tuktabna	يُكْتَبْنَ yuktabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكْتَبَ ʔuktaba	تُكْتَبَ tuktaba	يُكْتَبَ yuktaba		نُكْتَبَ nuktaba	تُكْتَبَا tuktabā	يُكْتَبَا yuktabā		نُكْتَبَ nuktaba	تُكْتَبُوا tuktabū	يُكْتَبُوا yuktabū
	f		تُكْتَبِي tuktabī	تُكْتَبَ tuktaba				تُكْتَبَا tuktabā			تُكْتَبْنَ tuktabna	يُكْتَبْنَ yuktabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكْتَبْ ʔuktab	تُكْتَبْ tuktab	يُكْتَبْ yuktab		نُكْتَبْ nuktab	تُكْتَبَا tuktabā	يُكْتَبَا yuktabā		نُكْتَبْ nuktab	تُكْتَبُوا tuktabū	يُكْتَبُوا yuktabū
	f		تُكْتَبِي tuktabī	تُكْتَبْ tuktab				تُكْتَبَا tuktabā			تُكْتَبْنَ tuktabna	يُكْتَبْنَ yuktabna

Descendants

• > Cypriot Arabic: kitep
• > Maltese: kiteb
• → Tashelhit: ktb
• → Zenaga: äktub
• → Tuareg: ǝktǝb

Noun

كَتْب • (katb) m

1. verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba)

Declension

Declension of noun كَتْب (katb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَتْب katb	الْكَتْب al-katb	كَتْب katb
nominative	كَتْبٌ katbun	الْكَتْبُ al-katbu	كَتْبُ katbu
accusative	كَتْبًا katban	الْكَتْبَ al-katba	كَتْبَ katba
genitive	كَتْبٍ katbin	الْكَتْبِ al-katbi	كَتْبِ katbi

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.ta.ba/

Verb

كَتَّبَ • (kattaba) II (non-past يُكَتِّبُ (yukattibu), verbal noun تَكْتِيب (taktīb))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of كَتَّبَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَكْتِيب)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَكْتِيب taktīb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُكَتِّب mukattib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُكَتَّب mukattab
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	كَتَّبْتُ kattabtu	كَتَّبْتَ kattabta	كَتَّبَ kattaba		كَتَّبْنَا kattabnā	كَتَّبْتُمَا kattabtumā	كَتَّبَا kattabā		كَتَّبْنَا kattabnā	كَتَّبْتُمْ kattabtum	كَتَّبُوا kattabū
	f		كَتَّبْتِ kattabti	كَتَّبَتْ kattabat				كَتَّبَتَا kattabatā			كَتَّبْتُنَّ kattabtunna	كَتَّبْنَ kattabna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكَتِّبُ ʔukattibu	تُكَتِّبُ tukattibu	يُكَتِّبُ yukattibu		نُكَتِّبُ nukattibu	تُكَتِّبَانِ tukattibāni	يُكَتِّبَانِ yukattibāni		نُكَتِّبُ nukattibu	تُكَتِّبُونَ tukattibūna	يُكَتِّبُونَ yukattibūna
	f		تُكَتِّبِينَ tukattibīna	تُكَتِّبُ tukattibu				تُكَتِّبَانِ tukattibāni			تُكَتِّبْنَ tukattibna	يُكَتِّبْنَ yukattibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكَتِّبَ ʔukattiba	تُكَتِّبَ tukattiba	يُكَتِّبَ yukattiba		نُكَتِّبَ nukattiba	تُكَتِّبَا tukattibā	يُكَتِّبَا yukattibā		نُكَتِّبَ nukattiba	تُكَتِّبُوا tukattibū	يُكَتِّبُوا yukattibū
	f		تُكَتِّبِي tukattibī	تُكَتِّبَ tukattiba				تُكَتِّبَا tukattibā			تُكَتِّبْنَ tukattibna	يُكَتِّبْنَ yukattibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكَتِّبْ ʔukattib	تُكَتِّبْ tukattib	يُكَتِّبْ yukattib		نُكَتِّبْ nukattib	تُكَتِّبَا tukattibā	يُكَتِّبَا yukattibā		نُكَتِّبْ nukattib	تُكَتِّبُوا tukattibū	يُكَتِّبُوا yukattibū
	f		تُكَتِّبِي tukattibī	تُكَتِّبْ tukattib				تُكَتِّبَا tukattibā			تُكَتِّبْنَ tukattibna	يُكَتِّبْنَ yukattibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		كَتِّبْ kattib				كَتِّبَا kattibā				كَتِّبُوا kattibū
	f		كَتِّبِي kattibī								كَتِّبْنَ kattibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى				plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past indicative (perfect) الْمَاضِي	m	كُتِّبْتُ kuttibtu	كُتِّبْتَ kuttibta	كُتِّبَ kuttiba		كُتِّبْنَا kuttibnā	كُتِّبْتُمَا kuttibtumā	كُتِّبَا kuttibā		كُتِّبْنَا kuttibnā	كُتِّبْتُمْ kuttibtum	كُتِّبُوا kuttibū
	f		كُتِّبْتِ kuttibti	كُتِّبَتْ kuttibat				كُتِّبَتَا kuttibatā			كُتِّبْتُنَّ kuttibtunna	كُتِّبْنَ kuttibna
non-past indicative (imperfect) الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُكَتَّبُ ʔukattabu	تُكَتَّبُ tukattabu	يُكَتَّبُ yukattabu		نُكَتَّبُ nukattabu	تُكَتَّبَانِ tukattabāni	يُكَتَّبَانِ yukattabāni		نُكَتَّبُ nukattabu	تُكَتَّبُونَ tukattabūna	يُكَتَّبُونَ yukattabūna
	f		تُكَتَّبِينَ tukattabīna	تُكَتَّبُ tukattabu				تُكَتَّبَانِ tukattabāni			تُكَتَّبْنَ tukattabna	يُكَتَّبْنَ yukattabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُكَتَّبَ ʔukattaba	تُكَتَّبَ tukattaba	يُكَتَّبَ yukattaba		نُكَتَّبَ nukattaba	تُكَتَّبَا tukattabā	يُكَتَّبَا yukattabā		نُكَتَّبَ nukattaba	تُكَتَّبُوا tukattabū	يُكَتَّبُوا yukattabū
	f		تُكَتَّبِي tukattabī	تُكَتَّبَ tukattaba				تُكَتَّبَا tukattabā			تُكَتَّبْنَ tukattabna	يُكَتَّبْنَ yukattabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُكَتَّبْ ʔukattab	تُكَتَّبْ tukattab	يُكَتَّبْ yukattab		نُكَتَّبْ nukattab	تُكَتَّبَا tukattabā	يُكَتَّبَا yukattabā		نُكَتَّبْ nukattab	تُكَتَّبُوا tukattabū	يُكَتَّبُوا yukattabū
	f		تُكَتَّبِي tukattabī	تُكَتَّبْ tukattab				تُكَتَّبَا tukattabā			تُكَتَّبْنَ tukattabna	يُكَتَّبْنَ yukattabna

Descendants

• → Tashelhit: kttb

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.tub/

Noun

كُتُب • (kutub) m pl

1. plural of كِتَاب (kitāb)

Descendants

• → Basque: kutun, gutun

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.taːb/

Noun

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

1. Classical Arabic spelling of كِتَاب (kitāb)

Declension

Declension of noun كِتٰب (kitāb)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كِتٰب kitāb	الْكِتٰب al-kitāb	كِتٰب kitāb
nominative	كِتٰبٌ kitābun	الْكِتٰبُ al-kitābu	كِتٰبُ kitābu
accusative	كِتٰبًا kitāban	الْكِتٰبَ al-kitāba	كِتٰبَ kitāba
genitive	كِتٰبٍ kitābin	الْكِتٰبِ al-kitābi	كِتٰبِ kitābi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “كتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
• Jeffery, Arthur (1938), The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, page 248

Chadian Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
2 terms

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba)

Chadian Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba).

Verb

كتب • (katab) I (non-past يكتب (yaktib))

1. to write

Etymology 2

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتَّبَ (kattaba)

Chadian Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتَّبَ (kattaba).

Verb

كتب • (kattab) II (non-past يكتب (yikattib))

1. to cause someone to write
2. to teach someone to write

Etymology 3

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتْب (katb)

Chadian Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتْب (katb).

Noun

كتب • (katib) m

1. writing

References

• Heath, Judith; Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021), Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[1] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 75
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999), Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, pages 713, 714, 716

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
4 terms

Etymology

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba)

Egyptian Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tab/ [ˈkætæb]

Verb

كتب • (katab) I (non-past يكتب (yiktib), verbal noun كتابة (kitāba) or كتب (katb) or كتبان (katabān))

1. to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of كتب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	كتبت (katabt)	كتبت (katabt)	كتب (katab)		كتبنا (katabna)	كتبتوا (katabtu)	كتبوا (katabu)
	f		كتبتي (katabti)	كتبت (katabit)
present subjunctive	m	اكتب (aktib)	تكتب (tiktib)	يكتب (yiktib)		نكتب (niktib)	تكتبوا (tiktibu)	يكتبوا (yiktibu)
	f		تكتبي (tiktibi)	تكتب (tiktib)
present indicative	m	بكتب (baktib)	بتكتب (bitiktib)	بيكتب (biyiktib)		بنكتب (biniktib)	بتكتبوا (bitiktibu)	بيكتبوا (biyiktibu)
	f		بتكتبي (bitiktibi)	بتكتب (bitiktib)
future1	m	هكتب (haktib)	هتكتب (hatiktib)	هيكتب (hayiktib)		هنكتب (haniktib)	هتكتبوا (hatiktibu)	هيكتبوا (hayiktibu)
	f		هتكتبي (hatiktibi)	هتكتب (hatiktib)
imperative	m		اكتب (iktib)				اكتبوا (iktibu)
	f		اكتبي (iktibi)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

References

• Hinds, Martin; Badawi, El-Said (1986), “كتب”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 733

Iraqi Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
1 term

Etymology

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كتب

Iraqi Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كتب.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.tab/

Verb

كتب (kitab) I (non-past يكتب (yiktib))

1. to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of كتب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	كتبت (kitabit)	كتبت (kitabit)	كتب (kitab)		كتبنا (kitabna)	كتبتو (kitabtu)	كتبو (kitbaw)
	f		كتبتي (kitabti)	كتبت (kitbat)			كتبتن (kitabtan)	كتبن (kitban)
present	m	أكتب (ʔaktib)	تكتب (tiktib)	يكتب (yiktib)		نكتب (niktib)	تكتبون (tkitbūn)	يكتبون (yktibūn)
	f		تكتبين (tkitbīn)	تكتب (tiktib)			تكتبن (tkitban)	يكتبن (ykitban)
imperative	m		اكتب (iktib)				اكتبو (ikitbu)
	f		اكتبي (ikitbi)				اكتبن (ikitban)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba)

Moroccan Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ktab/

Verb

كتب • (ktab) I (non-past يكتُب (yiktub) or يكتَب (yiktab))

1. to write

   كتب تلميدي مقال زوين على الحروب الأهلية اللي داز بيها المغرب فالماضي.

   ktab talmīdi maqāl zwīn ʕla l-ḥurūb el-ʔayliyya lli dāz bīha l-maḡrib f-el-māḍi

   My student wrote an essay about the civil wars that took place in Morocco in the past

2. to destine or predestine

   كتب له الله جوج دراري. ― ktab lu llāh jūj drāri. ― God predestined him two kids

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Najdi Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
1 term

Etymology

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كتب

Najdi Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كتب.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.ba/

Verb

كتب • (transliteration needed)

1. to write

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُتُب (kutub).

Noun

كُتُب • (kütüb) (definite accusative كتبی (kütübü))

1. broken plural of كتاب (kitab)

Descendants

• > Turkish: kütüp

Further reading

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “كتب”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[3] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 642
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كتب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1524
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كتب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1012
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “kütüp”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك ت ب
6 terms

Etymology

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Proto-West Semitic *katab-

Central Semiticbor.?

Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba)

South Levantine Arabic كتب

Inherited from Arabic كَتَبَ (kataba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tab/, [ˈka.tab]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

كتب • (katab) I (present بكتب (bikteb, buktob), active participle كاتب (kāteb))

1. to write

   كتبت لأهلي. ― katabt la-ʔahli. ― I wrote to my parents.

   اكتبلي ايّاه على ورقة.

   uktubli yyāh ʕala waraʔa.

   Write it down for me on [a sheet of] paper.

Conjugation

Conjugation of كتب

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	كتبت (katabt)	كتبت (katabt)	كتب (katab)		كتبنا (katabna)	كتبتو (katabtu)	كتبو (katabu)
	f		كتبتي (katabti)	كتبت (katbat)
present	m	بكتب (baktob)	بتكتب (btoktob)	بكتب (boktob)		منكتب (mnoktob)	بتكتبو (btoktobu)	بكتبو (boktobu)
	f		بتكتبي (btoktobi)	بتكتب (btoktob)
subjunctive	m	أكتب (ʔaktob)	تكتب (toktob)	يكتب (yoktob)		نكتب (noktob)	تكتبو (toktobu)	يكتبو (yoktobu)
	f		تكتبي (toktobi)	تكتب (toktob)
imperative	m		اكتب (oktob)				اكتبو (oktobu)
	f		اكتبي (oktobi)