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خ-ط-ب

The Arabic root خ-ط-ب (kh-t-b)

Form I verb خَطُبَ: to become a preacher

17 words in the dictionary are built from خ-ط-ب, including verbs in Forms I, VI. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Noun
speech
Noun
speech
Noun
fiancé
Adjective
مَخْطُوب
engaged
Noun
خَاطِب
suitor
Noun
خَطِيب
speaker
Adjective
خَاطِب
betrothed
Verb · Form I
خَطُبَ
to become a preacher

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

خَطُبَ · present يَخْطُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to become a preacher

خَطَابَة
Verbal noun
oratory
خَطِيب
Active participle
speaker
مَخْطُوب
Passive participle
engaged
خَطَبَ · present يَخْطُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to give a speech, lecture, or oration; to give a sermon (specifically relating to Muslim Friday sermon Khutbah)

Verbal noun
speech
خَطَابَة
Verbal noun
خَاطِب
Active participle
suitor
خَاطِب
Active participle
betrothed
مَخْطُوب
Passive participle
خَطَبَ · present يَخْطُبُ
Form I · The plain action

to propose (ask to marry)

خِطْبَة
Verbal noun
betrothal
خَطْب
Verbal noun
خَاطِب
Active participle
مَخْطُوب
Passive participle
تَخَاطَبَ · present يَتَخَاطَبُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to talk, converse, correspond, discourse, hold a colloquy

تَخَاطُب
Verbal noun
مُتَخَاطِب
Active participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
speech
Noun
fiancé
مُخَاطَبَة
Noun
مُخَاطَب
Adjective
addressed
مُخَاطِب
Noun
interlocutor
مُخَاطَب
Noun
the second person

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