ك ت ب

From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Cognate with Hebrew root כ־ת־ב‎ (k-t-b).

ك ت ب • (k-t-b)

1. related to putting into rows, creating lines
   1. (by extension) related to writing

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: كَتَبَ‎ (kataba, “to write”)
  • Verbal noun: كَتْب‎ (katb, “writing, script”), كِتَاب‎ ( kitāb, “writing, script”), كِتَابَة‎ ( kitāba, “writing, script”)
  • Active participle: كَاتِب‎ (kātib, “writing, writer, scribe”)
  • Passive participle: مَكْتُوب‎ (maktūb, “written, letter, recorded, destined”)
• Form II: كَتَّبَ‎ (kattaba, “to make write”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْتِيب‎ (taktīb)
  • Active participle: مُكَتِّب‎ (mukattib)
  • Passive participle: مُكَتَّب‎ (mukattab)
• Form III: كَاتَبَ‎ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)
  • Verbal noun: مُكَاتَبَة‎ (mukātaba, “correspondence, note”)
  • Active participle: مُكَاتِب‎ (mukātib, “correspondent, reporter”)
  • Passive participle: مُكَاتَب‎ (mukātab)
• Form IV: أَكْتَبَ‎ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِكْتَاب‎ (ʔiktāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتِب‎ (muktib)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَب‎ (muktab)
• Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ‎ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَاتُب‎ (takātub)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَاتِب‎ (mutakātib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَاتَب‎ (mutakātab)
• Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ‎ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْكِتَاب‎ (inkitāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْكَتِب‎ (munkatib)
  • Passive participle: مُنْكَتَب‎ (munkatab)
• Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ‎ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)
  • Verbal noun: اِكْتِتَاب‎ (iktitāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتَتِب‎ (muktatib, “subscriber”)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَتَب‎ (muktatab)
• Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ‎ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِكْتَاب‎ (istiktāb, “dictation”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَكْتِب‎ (mustaktib)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَكْتَب‎ (mustaktab)

Nouns and adjectives

• كِتَاب‎ m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب‎ (kutub)
  • كِتَابِيّ‎ (kitābiyy, “written, literary”)
  • كُتَيِّب‎ m (kutayyib, “booklet”)
  • كِتَابْخَانَة‎ f (kitābḵāna), كُتُبْخَانَة‎ f (kutubḵāna, “library, bookstore”)
  • كُتُبِيّ‎ m (kutubiyy, “bookseller”)
• مَكْتَب‎ m (maktab, “desk, office”)
  • مَكْتَبِيّ‎ (maktabiyy, “office (in compounds)”)
• مَكْتَبَة‎ f (maktaba, “library”)
• مِكْتَاب‎ m (miktāb, “typewriter”)
• كَتِيبَة‎ m (katība, “battalion”)
• كُتَّاب‎ m (kuttāb, “Qur'an school”)

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