Appendix:Hebrew patterns/קַטָּל

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Hebrew

Etymology

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

Noun

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

Used for forming:

Occupational nouns.
גַּן (gán, “a garden”) → גַּנָּן (ganán, gannān, “a gardener; a kindergarten teacher”)
Intensified adjectives.

Declension

Declension of קַטָּל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	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

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
	State	Form	Person	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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