From *qitāl- and *qutāl-. Due to the Canaanite vowel shift the /aː/ almost always shifted to /oː/, and the /i/ or /u/ turned into a vocal shwa.
קְטוֹל • (ktol) m or f (plural indefinite קְטוֹלִים or קְטוֹלוֹת, singular construct קְטוֹל־, plural construct קְטוֹלֵי־ or קְטוֹלוֹת־)
Used for forming substantives.
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קְטוֹל | first | קְטוֹלִי | קְטוֹלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקְּטוֹל | second | קְטוֹלְךָ | קְטוֹלֵךְ | קְטוֹלְכֶם | קְטוֹלְכֶן | |
| construct | קְטוֹל־ | third | קְטוֹלוֹ | קְטוֹלָהּ | קְטוֹלָם | קְטוֹלָן | |
| plural | indefinite | קְטוֹלִים | first | קטוליי / קְטוֹלַי | קְטוֹלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקְּטוֹלִים | second | קְטוֹלֶיךָ | קטולייך / קְטוֹלַיִךְ | קְטוֹלֵיכֶם | קְטוֹלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קְטוֹלֵי־ | third | קְטוֹלָיו | קְטוֹלֶיהָ | קְטוֹלֵיהֶם | קְטוֹלֵיהֶן | |
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | קְטָל | first | קְטָלִי | קְטָלֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הַקְּטָל | second | קְטָלְךָ | קְטָלֵךְ | קְטָלְכֶם | קְטָלְכֶן | |
| construct | קְטָל־ | third | קְטָלוֹ | קְטָלָהּ | קְטָלָם | קְטָלָן | |
| plural | indefinite | קְטָלִים | first | קטליי / קְטָלַי | קְטָלֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הַקְּטָלִים | second | קְטָלֶיךָ | קטלייך / קְטָלַיִךְ | קְטָלֵיכֶם | קְטָלֵיכֶן | |
| construct | קְטָלֵי־ | third | קְטָלָיו | קְטָלֶיהָ | קְטָלֵיהֶם | קְטָלֵיהֶן | |
Nouns with feminine endings are conjugated in an analogous manner.
Words which did not undergo the Canaanite vowel shift may be of native Canaanite extraction or loanwords (especially from Aramaic).
The /i/ or /u/ of the first syllable becomes an extra-short /ă/, that is: חֲ. Cf. חֲמוֹר (<ḥimār) and חֲלוֹם (<ḥilām).
Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910) Hebrew Grammar, pages 231-232, §84n