ك ت ب

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b), Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b), and Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).

ك ت ب • (k-t-b)

1. related to putting into rows, creating lines
   1. (by extension) related to writing

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”)
  • Verbal noun: كَتْب (katb, “writing, script”), كِتَاب ( kitāb, “writing, script”), كِتَابَة ( kitāba, “writing, script”)
  • Active participle: كَاتِب (kātib, “writing, writer, scribe”)
  • Passive participle: مَكْتُوب (maktūb, “written, letter, recorded, destined”)
• Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْتِيب (taktīb)
  • Active participle: مُكَتِّب (mukattib)
  • Passive participle: مُكَتَّب (mukattab)
• Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)
  • Verbal noun: مُكَاتَبَة (mukātaba, “correspondence, note”)
  • Active participle: مُكَاتِب (mukātib, “correspondent, reporter”)
  • Passive participle: مُكَاتَب (mukātab)
• Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِكْتَاب (ʔiktāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتِب (muktib)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَب (muktab)
• Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَاتُب (takātub)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَاتِب (mutakātib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَاتَب (mutakātab)
• Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْكِتَاب (inkitāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْكَتِب (munkatib)
  • Passive participle: مُنْكَتَب (munkatab)
• Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)
  • Verbal noun: اِكْتِتَاب (iktitāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتَتِب (muktatib, “subscriber”)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَتَب (muktatab)
• Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِكْتَاب (istiktāb, “dictation”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَكْتِب (mustaktib)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَكْتَب (mustaktab)

Nouns and adjectives

• كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)
  • كِتَابِيّ (kitābiyy, “written, literary”)
  • كُتَيِّب m (kutayyib, “booklet”)
  • كِتَابْخَانَة f (kitābḵāna), كُتُبْخَانَة f (kutubḵāna, “library, bookstore”)
  • كُتُبِيّ m (kutubiyy, “bookseller”)
• مَكْتَب m (maktab, “desk, office”)
  • مَكْتَبِيّ (maktabiyy, “office (in compounds)”)
• مَكْتَبَة f (maktaba, “library”)
• مِكْتَاب m (miktāb, “typewriter”)
• كَتِيبَة m (katība, “battalion”)
• كُتَّاب m (kuttāb, “Qur'an school”)

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