قطع

Arabic

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.tˤa.ʕa/
• IPA^(key): /qatˤ.tˤa.ʕa/
• IPA^(key): /qatˤʕ/

Verb

قَطَعَ • (qaṭaʕa) I, non-past يَقْطَعُ‎ (yaqṭaʕu)

1. to cut, to break
2. to stop, to cease
3. to cut off
4. to be certain

Conjugation

Synonyms

• بَتَرَ (batara)
• جَزَمَ (jazama)
• بَتَّ (batta)

Verb

قَطَّعَ • (qaṭṭaʕa) II, non-past يُقَطِّعُ‎ (yuqaṭṭiʕu)

1. to cut into strips, to snithe into slices
2. to cut, to wound with a knife
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:31:

     فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ

     falammā samiʕat bimakrihinna ʔarsalat ʔilayhinna waʔaʕtadat lahunna muttakaʔan waʔātat kulla wāḥidatin mminhunna sikkīnan waqālati ḵruj ʕalayhinna falammā raʔaynahu ʔakbarnahu waqaṭṭaʕna ʔaydiyahunna waqulna ḥāša lillahi mā hāḏā bašaran ʔin hāḏā ʔillā malakun karīmun

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Conjugation

Noun

قَطْع • (qaṭʕ) m

1. verbal noun of قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.tˤaʕ/

Noun

قَطَع • (qaṭaʕ) m (collective, singulative قَطَعَة f (qaṭaʕa), paucal قَطَعَات (qaṭaʕāt))

1. stump

Declension

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qitˤʕ/

Noun

قِطْع • (qiṭʕ) m (plural قِطَاع (qiṭāʕ) or أَقْطُع (ʔaqṭuʕ) or أَقْطَاع (ʔaqṭāʕ))

1. twig cut off at the end
2. a short but broad cusp of an arrow
   • a. 525, Aš-Šanfará, أقيموا بني أمي صدور مطيكم (first line)‎:

     وَلَيْلَةِ نَحْسٍ يَصْطَلِيَ القَوْسَ رَبُّهَا … وَأَقْطُعَهُ ٱللَّاتِي بِهَا يَتَنَبَّلُ
     دَعَسْتُ عَلَى غَطَشٍ وَبَغْشٍ وَصُحْبَتِي … سُعَارٌ وَإِرْزِيزٌ وَوَجْرٌ وَأَفْكُلُ

     wa-laylati naḥsin yaṣṭaliya l-qawsa rabbu-hā … wa-ʔaqṭuʕa-hū l-lātī bi-hā yatanabbalu
     daʕastu ʕalā ḡaṭašin wabaḡšin wa-ṣuḥbatī … suʕārun wa-ʔirzīzun wa-wajrun wa-ʔafkulu

     And the ill-fated night when the master warmed up his bow, … and his arrowtips, in the handling of which he had trow
     I trod upon darkness and rain-shower and my following … was the heat of night and snowy hail and timid gulps and shivering

Declension

Noun

قِطْع • (qiṭʕ) m (plural قُطُوع (quṭūʕ) or أَقْطَاع (ʔaqṭāʕ))

1. rug laid upon a camel the ends of which cover its shoulderblades

Declension

Noun

قِطْع • (qiṭʕ) m (plural أَقْطَاع (ʔaqṭāʕ))

1. fief given by a prince to one of his servants for usufruct

Declension

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qu.tˤaʕ/
• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaʕ/

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Noun

قُطَع • (quṭaʕ) pl

1. plural of قُطْعَة (quṭʕa)

Noun

قِطَع • (qiṭaʕ) pl

1. plural of قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa)

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

قطع • (ʔaṭaʕ) I (non-past يقطع (yaʔṭaʕ))

1. to cut

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.tˤaʕ/

Verb

قَطَع • (gaṭaʕ) I (non-past يِقْطَع (yigṭaʕ))

1. to cut
2. to cross

   قَطَع الشارع

   gaṭaʕ aš-šāriʕ

   He crossed the street

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَطَّعَ (qaṭṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡatˤ.tˤaʕ/

Verb

قَطَّع • (gaṭṭaʕ) II (non-past يِقَطِّع (yigaṭṭiʕ))

1. to cut
2. to slice

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.tˤaʕ/

Noun

قِطَع • (giṭaʕ) pl

1. plural of قِطْعَة (giṭʕa)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَطْع (qaṭʕ).

Noun

قطع • (kat) (definite accusative قطعی (kat'ı))

1. cutting, slicing
2. interrupting
3. crossing
4. (geometry) section; intersection

Descendants

• Turkish: kat

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kat 3”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قطع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 965a

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطْع (qaṭʕ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَطع • (qat')

1. cut, cutting, severing

   Synonym: بُرِش (boreš)

2. interruption, cutting off

   قَطعِ بَرق ― qat'-e barq ― power outrage

3. cessation, termination

   Synonym: ایست (ist)

4. making certain, making fixed

Derived terms

• قَطع کَردَن (qat' kardan)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔa.tˤaʕ/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.tˤaʕ/,

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Verb

قطع • (ʔaṭaʕ) I (present بقطع (biʔṭaʕ))

1. to cut
2. to cut off, to interrupt, to disconnect
3. to stop doing something
4. to cross (the street), to run (a stop sign, traffic light, etc.)

   لما الشرطي سألني ليش قطعت الإشارة، قلتلّه إني ما شفتهاش.

   lamma š-šurti saʔal-ni lēš ʔaṭaʕt il-ʔišāra, ʔult-illo ʔinni ma šufthāš.

   When the police officer asked me why I ran the traffic light (lit. the sign), I told him that I didn't see it.

Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَطَّعَ (qaṭṭaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔatˤ.tˤaʕ/,
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡatˤ.tˤaʕ/,

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Verb

قطّع • (ʔaṭṭaʕ) II (present بقطّع (biʔaṭṭeʕ))

1. to cut up

Conjugation