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Highlights
Plural
كَاتِبُونَ
Other plurals
كُتَّاب، كَتَبَة
Feminine
كَاتِبَة
Most common words from the same root
كَاتِب in English
Noun · masculine
- writer; author
- copyist
- clerk
- secretary
- secretary bird, a bird of the species Sagittarius serpentarius.
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”). Compare Hebrew כותב.
Words from the root ك-ت-ب
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
كَتَبَ
· present يَكْتُبُ
Form I · The plain action
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
كَاتِب: plural and other forms
| Singular | كَاتِب |
|---|---|
| Plural | كَاتِبُونَ |
| Alternative plurals | كُتَّاب، كَتَبَة |
| Feminine | كَاتِبَة |
كَاتِب in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
فَسَأَلَ الْكَتَبَةَ: «بِمَاذَا تُحَاوِرُونَهُمْ؟»And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?Mark 9:16, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
قَائِلاً: «عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُوسَى جَلَسَ الْكَتَبَةُ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ،Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:Matthew 23:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ كَمَنْ لَهُ سُلْطَانٌ وَلَيْسَ كَالْكَتَبَةِ.For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.Matthew 7:29, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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