خ ط ب

خ طب • (ḵ-ṭ-b)

1. related to speeches
2. related to proposing marriage

Verbs

• Form I: خَطَبَ‎ (ḵaṭaba, “to make a speech; to propose marriage”)
  • Verbal noun: خُطْبَة‎ (ḵuṭba), خَطَابَة‎ (ḵaṭāba)
  • Active participle: خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)
  • Passive participle: مَخْطُوب‎ (maḵṭūb)
• Form III: خَاطَبَ‎ (ḵāṭaba, “to address, speak to”)
  • Verbal noun: مُخَاطَبَة‎ (muḵāṭaba), خِطَاب‎ (ḵiṭāb)
  • Active participle: مُخَاطِب‎ (muḵāṭib)
  • Passive participle: مُخَاطَب‎ (muḵāṭab)
• Form VI: تَخَاطَبَ‎ (taḵāṭaba, “to talk, converse, correspond”)
  • Verbal noun: تَخَاطُب‎ (taḵāṭub)
  • Active participle: مُتَخَاطِب‎ (mutaḵāṭib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَخَاطَب‎ (mutaḵāṭab)
• Form VIII: اِخْتَطَبَ‎ (iḵtaṭaba, “to ask for a girl's hand”)
  • Verbal noun: اِخْتِطَاب‎ (iḵtiṭāb)
  • Active participle: مُخْتَطِب‎ (muḵtaṭib)
  • Passive participle: مُخْتَطَب‎ (muḵtaṭab)

Nouns

• خَاطِب‎ (ḵāṭib)
• خِطَاب‎ (ḵiṭāb)
• خِطْب‎ (ḵiṭb)
• خُطْبَة‎ (ḵuṭba)
• خِطْبَة‎ (ḵiṭba)
• خَطِيب‎ (ḵaṭīb)
• خَطِيبَة‎ (ḵaṭība)

• Wehr, Hans (1960), “خ طب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz