خطاب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root خ ط ب‎ (ḵ-ṭ-b). Cognate with Hebrew מכתב‎ (mikhtáv).

Noun

خِطَاب • (ḵiṭāb) m (plural خِطَابَات‎ (ḵiṭābāt) or أَخْطِبَة‎ (ʔaḵṭiba))

verbal noun of خَاطَبَ‎ (ḵāṭaba) (form III)
address, speech
(Egypt) letter

Declension

Declension of noun خِطَاب (ḵiṭāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَاب ḵiṭāb	الْخِطَاب‎ al-ḵiṭāb	خِطَاب ḵiṭāb
Nominative	خِطَابٌ ḵiṭābun	الْخِطَابُ‎ al-ḵiṭābu	خِطَابُ ḵiṭābu
Accusative	خِطَابًا‎ ḵiṭāban	الْخِطَابَ‎ al-ḵiṭāba	خِطَابَ ḵiṭāba
Genitive	خِطَابٍ ḵiṭābin	الْخِطَابِ‎ al-ḵiṭābi	خِطَابِ ḵiṭābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَيْن‎ ḵiṭābayn	الْخِطَابَيْن‎ al-ḵiṭābayn	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Nominative	خِطَابَانِ‎ ḵiṭābāni	الْخِطَابَانِ‎ al-ḵiṭābāni	خِطَابَا‎ ḵiṭābā
Accusative	خِطَابَيْنِ‎ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Genitive	خِطَابَيْنِ‎ ḵiṭābayni	الْخِطَابَيْنِ‎ al-ḵiṭābayni	خِطَابَيْ‎ ḵiṭābay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطَابَات‎‎; أَخْطِبَة‎ ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭiba	الْخِطَابَات‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَة‎ al-ḵiṭābāt‎; al-ʔaḵṭiba	خِطَابَات‎‎; أَخْطِبَة‎ ḵiṭābāt‎; ʔaḵṭibat
Nominative	خِطَابَاتٌ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةٌ‎ ḵiṭābātun‎; ʔaḵṭibatun	الْخِطَابَاتُ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةُ‎ al-ḵiṭābātu‎; al-ʔaḵṭibatu	خِطَابَاتُ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةُ‎ ḵiṭābātu‎; ʔaḵṭibatu
Accusative	خِطَابَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةً‎ ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatan	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةَ‎ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibata	خِطَابَاتِ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةَ‎ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibata
Genitive	خِطَابَاتٍ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةٍ‎ ḵiṭābātin‎; ʔaḵṭibatin	الْخِطَابَاتِ‎‎; الْأَخْطِبَةِ‎ al-ḵiṭābāti‎; al-ʔaḵṭibati	خِطَابَاتِ‎‎; أَخْطِبَةِ‎ ḵiṭābāti‎; ʔaḵṭibati

Descendants

→ Turkish: hitap

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “خطاب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “خطاب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

plural of خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)

Adjective

خُطَّاب • (ḵuṭṭāb) m pl

masculine plural of خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)

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