Appendix:Hebrew patterns/קַטָּל

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Hebrew

Etymology

Apparently from *qattal-. Related to the Arabic form فَعَّال (faʕʕāl) used for occupational nouns.

Noun

קַטָּל • (katál) m (plural indefinite קַטָּלִים, singular construct קַטַּל־, plural construct קַטָּלֵי־)

  1. Used for forming:
    1. Occupational nouns.
      גַּן (gán, “a garden”) → גַּנָּן (ganán, gannān, “a gardener; a kindergarten teacher”)
    2. Intensified adjectives.

Declension

Declension of קַטָּל
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite קַטָּל first קַטָּלִי קַטָּלֵנוּ
definite הַקַּטָּל second קַטָּלְךָ קַטָּלֵךְ קַטַּלְכֶם קַטַּלְכֶן
construct קַטַּל־ third קַטָּלוֹ קַטָּלָהּ קַטָּלָם קַטָּלָן
plural indefinite קַטָּלִים first קטליי / קַטָּלַי קַטָּלֵינוּ
definite הַקַּטָּלִים second קַטָּלֶיךָ קטלייך / קַטָּלַיִךְ קַטָּלֵיכֶם קַטָּלֵיכֶן
construct קַטָּלֵי־ third קַטָּלָיו קַטָּלֶיהָ קַטָּלֵיהֶם קַטָּלֵיהֶן

For roots with ה/י as their final radical:

Declension of קַטַּאי
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite קַטַּאי first קַטַּאיִי קַטַּאיֵנוּ
definite הַקַּטַּאי second קַטַּאיְךָ קַטַּאיֵךְ קַטַּאיְכֶם קַטַּאיְכֶן
construct קַטַּאי־ third קַטַּאיוֹ קַטַּאיָהּ קַטַּאיָם קַטַּאיָן
plural indefinite קַטָּאִים first קטאיי / קַטָּאַי קַטָּאֵינוּ
definite הַקַּטָּאִים second קַטָּאֶיךָ קטאייך / קַטָּאַיִךְ קַטָּאֵיכֶם קַטָּאֵיכֶן
construct קַטָּאֵי־ third קַטָּאָיו קַטָּאֶיהָ קַטָּאֵיהֶם קַטָּאֵיהֶן

Variants

The קַטָּל (“katál, qattāl”) pattern of weak verbs in ־ה has the ending ־ַאי (“-ay”):

  • בָּנָה (baná, bānâ) → בַּנַּאי (banáy, bannaʾy)

References

Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910) Hebrew Grammar, page 233, §84b.b

Derived terms

Hebrew terms in the pattern קַטָּל
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