Appendix:Hebrew patterns/קָטִיל

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Hebrew

Etymology

From *qatīl-. As a result of being next to the stressed syllable and open, the /a/ in the first one became lengthened. Words of the second semantic group are usually rather derived from a strengthened form of *qatil- (by lengthening the second vowel).

Noun

קָטִיל (katílm (plural indefinite קְטִילִים, singular construct קְטִיל־, plural construct קְטִילֵי־)

Used for forming:

  1. Passive participles used as substantives, especially to stress the duration of being in a certain state. Cf. קָטוּל.
    מָשִׁיחַ (anointed)
  2. Intransitive or active adjectives and substantives.
    Intransitive: צָעִיר (small, young)
    Active: נָבִיא (prophet)
  3. Substantives denoting a specific period of time.
    אָבִיב (spring)

Declension

See also

References

Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910) Hebrew Grammar, page 231, §84l

Derived terms