قتل

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See also: قبل, ق ت ل, and ق ب ل

Arabic

Root
ق ت ل (q t l)
16 terms

Etymology 1.1

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳatal-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָטַל (qɔṭal).

Pronunciation

  • قَتَلَ (active): IPA(key): /qa.ta.la/
  • قُتِلَ (passive): IPA(key): /qu.ti.la/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

قَتَلَ (qatala) I (non-past يَقْتُلُ (yaqtulu), verbal noun قَتْل (qatl) or مَقْتَل (maqtal))

  1. to kill, to slay, to murder
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:
      مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا []
      min ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan biḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fī l-ʔarḍi fakaʔannamā qatala an-nāsa jamīʕan waman ʔaḥyāhā fakaʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan []
      That is why We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, without manslaughter or corruption on the earth, is as though he had killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind.
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
      وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
      walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran
      And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.
  2. to mitigate, to alleviate
  3. to mix, to dilute
  4. to know, to master
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Maltese: qatel

Verb

قُتِلَ (qutila) I (passive-only, non-past يُقْتَلُ (yuqtalu), verbal noun قَتْل (qatl) or مَقْتَل (maqtal))

  1. to be killed
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:144:
      أَفَإِن مَاتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ ٱنْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ
      ʔafaʔin māta ʔaw qutila nqalabtum ʕalā ʔaʕqābikum
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:158:
      وَلَئِنْ مُتُّمْ أَوْ قُتِلْتُمْ لَإِلَى ٱللَّهِ تُحْشَرُونَ
      walaʔin muttum ʔaw qutiltum laʔilā l-lahi tuḥšarūna
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to be cursed
    • Quran, Al-Buruj 4
      قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
      qutila ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi
      Cursed were the companions of the trench
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

قَتَّلَ (qattala) II (non-past يُقَتِّلُ (yuqattilu), verbal noun تَقْتِيل (taqtīl))

  1. to kill, to massacre, to cause carnage
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:141:
      وَإِذْ أَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ
      waʔiḏ ʔanjaynākum min ʔāli firʕawna yasūmūnakum sūʔa l-ʕaḏāba yuqattilūna ʔabnāʔakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʔakum wafī ḏālikum balāʔun min rabbikum ʕaẓīmun
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

قَتْل (qatlm

  1. verbal noun of قَتَلَ (qatala) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of قُتِلَ (qutila) (form I)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 33:16:
      قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ ٱلْفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرْتُم مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَوِ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَإِذًا لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
      qul lan yanfaʕakumu l-firāru ʔin farartum mina l-mawti ʔawi l-qatli waʔiḏan lā tumattaʕūna ʔillā qalīlan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. killing, manslaughter, homicide, murder
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
      وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
      walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

قِتْل (qitlm (plural أَقْتَال (ʔaqtāl))

  1. enemy, adversary, foe, opponent
Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Verb

قتل (ʔatal) I (non-past يقتل (yiʔtil), verbal noun قتل (ʔatl))

  1. (transitive) to kill
  2. (intransitive) to commit murder

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of قتل (form-I sound)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قتلت (ʔatalt) قتلت (ʔatalt) قتل (ʔatal) قتلنا (ʔatalna) قتلتوا (ʔataltu) قتلوا (ʔatalu)
f قتلتي (ʔatalti) قتلت (ʔatalit)
present subjunctive m اقتل (aʔtil) تقتل (tiʔtil) يقتل (yiʔtil) نقتل (niʔtil) تقتلوا (tiʔtilu) يقتلوا (yiʔtilu)
f تقتلي (tiʔtili) تقتل (tiʔtil)
present indicative m بقتل (baʔtil) بتقتل (bitiʔtil) بيقتل (biyiʔtil) بنقتل (biniʔtil) بتقتلوا (bitiʔtilu) بيقتلوا (biyiʔtilu)
f بتقتلي (bitiʔtili) بتقتل (bitiʔtil)
future m حقتل (ḥaʔtil) حتقتل (ḥatiʔtil) حيقتل (ḥayiʔtil) حنقتل (ḥaniʔtil) حتقتلوا (ḥatiʔtilu) حيقتلوا (ḥayiʔtilu)
f حتقتلي (ḥatiʔtili) حتقتل (ḥatiʔtil)
imperative m اقتل (iʔtil) اقتلوا (iʔtilu)
f اقتلي (iʔtili)

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Pronunciation

Verb

قتل (gatal) I (non-past يِقْتُل (yigtul))

  1. to kill, to murder
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قتل (gatal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قتلت (gatalt) قتلت (gatalt) قتل (gatal) قتلنا (gatalna) قتلتوا (gataltu) قتلوا (gatalu)
f قتلتي (gatalti) قتلت (gatalat)
non-past m أقتل (ʔagtul) تقتل (tigtul) يقتل (yigtul) نقتل (nigtul) تقتلوا (tigtulu) يقتلوا (yigtulu)
f تقتلي (tigtuli) تقتل (tigtul)
imperative m اقتل (agtul) اقتلوا (agtulu)
f اقتلي (agtuli)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَتَّلَ (qattala).

Pronunciation

Verb

قتل (gattal) II (non-past يِقَتِّل (yigattil))

  1. to kill, to massacre
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قتل (gattal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قتلت (gattalt) قتلت (gattalt) قتل (gattal) قتلنا (gattalna) قتلتوا (gattaltu) قتلوا (gattalu)
f قتلتي (gattalti) قتلت (gattalat)
non-past m أقتل (ʔagattil) تقتل (tigattil) يقتل (yigattil) نقتل (nigattil) تقتلوا (tigattilu) يقتلوا (yigattilu)
f تقتلي (tigattili) تقتل (tigattil)
imperative m قتل (gattil) قتلوا (gattilu)
f قتلي (gattili)

Etymology 3

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Pronunciation

Noun

قتل (gatilm (construct state قَتْل (gatl))

  1. killing, manslaughter, homicide, murder

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Noun

قتل (katl)

  1. killing
  2. murder
  3. slaughter

Persian

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Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qatl
Dari reading? qatl
Iranian reading? ğatl
Tajik reading? qatl

Noun

Dari قتل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қатл

قتل (qatl)

  1. murder; (loosely) killing
    به قتل رسیدنbe qatl residanto be murdered

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਤਲ (katal)
    Shahmukhi script: قتل (qatal)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Pronunciation

Verb

قتل (ʔatal) I (present بقتل (boʔtol))

  1. to kill, to murder
  2. to beat
    Synonym: دبح (dabaḥ)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قتل (ʔatal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قتلت (ʔatalt) قتلت (ʔatalt) قتل (ʔatal) قتلنا (ʔatalna) قتلتو (ʔataltu) قتلو (ʔatalu)
f قتلتي (ʔatalti) قتلت (ʔatlat)
present m بقتل (baʔtol) بتقتل (btoʔtol) بقتل (boʔtol) منقتل (mnoʔtol) بتقتلو (btoʔtolu) بقتلو (boʔtolu)
f بتقتلي (btoʔtoli) بتقتل (btoʔtol)
subjunctive m أقتل (ʔaʔtol) تقتل (toʔtol) يقتل (yoʔtol) نقتل (noʔtol) تقتلو (toʔtolu) يقتلو (yoʔtolu)
f تقتلي (toʔtoli) تقتل (toʔtol)
imperative m اقتل (oʔtol) اقتلو (oʔtolu)
f اقتلي (oʔtoli)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Pronunciation

Noun

قتل (qatlm (Hindi spelling क़त्ल)

  1. killing
  2. slaughter
  3. murder
  4. massacre