قتل

See also: قبل, ق ت ل, and ق ب ل

Arabic

Root
ق ت ل (q-t-l)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /qa.ta.la/
  • (file)

Verb

قَتَلَ (qatala) I, non-past يَقْتُلُ‎ (yaqtulu)

  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 [its being guilty of] 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, non-past يُقْتَلُ‎ (yuqtalu)

  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 quote)
    • 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 quote)
  2. to be cursed
    • Quran, Al-Buruj 4
      قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ
      qutila ʔaṣḥābu l-ʔuḵdūdi
      Cursed were the companions of the trench
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /qat.ta.la/

Verb

قَتَّلَ (qattala) II, non-past يُقَتِّلُ‎ (yuqattilu)

  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 quote)
Conjugation

Verb

قَتَّلَ (qattala) VIII, non-past يَقَتِّلُ‎ (yaqattilu)

  1. Rare form of اِقْتَتَلَ (iqtatala).

Pronunciation 3

  • IPA(key): /qatl/

Noun

قَتْل (qatl) m

  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 quote)
  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 quote)
Declension
Descendants

Pronunciation 4

  • IPA(key): /qitl/

Noun

قِتْل (qitl) m (plural أَقْتَال (ʔaqtāl))

  1. enemy, adversary, foe, opponent
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Noun

قتل (katl)

  1. killing
  2. murder
  3. slaughter

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَتْل (qatl).

Noun

Dari قتل
Iranian Persian
Tajik қатл (qatl)

قتل (qatl)

  1. killing
  2. murder

Descendants

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ت ل

Etymology

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.tal/, [ˈʔa.tal]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.tal/, [ˈɡa.tal]
  • (file)

Verb

قتل (ʔatal) (form 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 (qatl) m (Hindi spelling क़त्ल)

  1. killing
  2. slaughter
  3. murder
  4. massacre
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.