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ك-ت-ب
The Arabic root ك-ت-ب (k-t-b)
Core idea: writing
26 words in the dictionary are built from ك-ت-ب, including verbs in Forms I, III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, X. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.
Most common
Noun
كَتِيبَة
battalion
Verbs and the nouns that come from them
to mark (symbols, shapes, graphs, glyphs, letters, and the like) on a surface, to write, to inscribe; to produce or generate by writing; to put down in writing, to write down; to record; to register; to track
كَاتَبَ
· present يُكَاتِبُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with
مُكَاتَبَة
مُكَاتِب
مُكَاتَب
أَكْتَبَ
· present يُكْتِبُ
Form IV · Causative
to dictate something to, to make someone write
إِكْتَاب
مُكْتِب
مُكْتَب
تَكَاتَبَ
· present يَتَكَاتَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to write to each other
تَكَاتُب
communication
مُتَكَاتِب
مُتَكَاتَب
اِنْكَتَبَ
· present يَنْكَتِبُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to subscribe; to be preordained by fate; to be meant to be
اِنْكِتَاب
مُنْكَتِب
مُنْكَتَب
اِكْتَتَبَ
· present يَكْتَتِبُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to write something; to copy something, to make a copy; to enter one’s name
اِكْتِتَاب
مُكْتَتِب
مُكْتَتَب
اِسْتَكْتَبَ
· present يَسْتَكْتِبُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to ask to write, to make write; to dictate; to have (someone) make a copy
اِسْتِكْتَاب
مُسْتَكْتِب
مُسْتَكْتَب
Other nouns and adjectives
desk
library
كَتِيبَة
battalion
كُتُبِيّ
bookseller
كُتَّاب
a traditional school for teaching Qur'an
تَكْتِيب
كِتْبَة
manner of writing
الكِتَاب الهَادِي وَٱلسَّيْف ٱلنَّاصِر
the guiding book and the helping sword
كِتَابِيّ
written
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