قَطْع
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Highlights
Present tense
يَقْطَعُ
Verbal noun
قَطْع
Active participle
قَاطِع
Passive participle
مَقْطُوع
Most common words from the same root
Verb · Form VII
اِنْقَطَعَ
to be cut off
قَطَعَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to cut, to break
- to stop, to cease
- to cut off
- to be certain
Word origin
Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou reckons this verb a borrowing from Aramaic קְטַע / ܩܛܰܥ (qṭaʕ), while جَدَعَ (jadaʕa) would be the original. For related native terms see قَتَّ (qatta).
Words from the root ق-ط-ع
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَطَعَ
· present يَقْطَعُ
Form I · The plain action
to cut, to break; to stop, to cease; to cut off
قَطَّعَ
· present يُقَطِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to cut into strips, to snithe into slices; to cut, to wound with a knife
تَقْطِيعْ
مُقَطِّع
مُقَطَّع
cut into pieces
مُتَقَطِّع
intermittent
قَاطَعَ
· present يُقَاطِعُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to separate oneself from (construed with a direct object), renounce, cut one's acquaintance; to interrupt; to give work at a fixed price
تَقَاطَعَ
· present يَتَقَاطَعُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to intersect; to separate; to get separated, get estranged
تَقَاطُع
intersection
مُتَقَاطِع
intersecting
مُتَقَاطَع
اِنْقَطَعَ
· present يَنْقَطِعُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to be cut off, be or get separated (من / عن = from); to be chopped off, be lopped off, be cut through, be sundered, be severed, torn apart, be disrupted, be broken, broken off; to be torn off
اِنْقِطَاع
cutting
مُنْقَطِع
severed
اِقْتَطَعَ
· present يَقْتَطِعُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to claim, to occupy, to withhold, to eat up, to carve out, to deduct, to debit, to section off, to cut off, to cut away from
اِقْتِطَاع
taking possession of
مُقْتَطِع
مُقْتَطَع
cut off
اِسْتَقْطَعَ
· present يَسْتَقْطِعُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to take a portion of (something), to deduct
اِسْتِقْطَاع
deduction
مُسْتَقْطِع
مُسْتَقْطَع
reduced
herd
مَقْطَعِيَّة
syllable
قَاطِعَة
incisor
قَطْعِيّ
conclusive
قَطْعِيَّة
irrevocability
قَطَعًا
of course
قَطْعِيًّا
never
إقْطَاعِيَّة
feudalism
قَطَعَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | قَطَعْتُ | أَقْطَعُ | أَقْطَعَ | أَقْطَعْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | قَطَعْتَ | تَقْطَعُ | تَقْطَعَ | تَقْطَعْ | اِقْطَعْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | قَطَعْتِ | تَقْطَعِينَ | تَقْطَعِي | تَقْطَعِي | اِقْطَعِي |
| هُوَ he | قَطَعَ | يَقْطَعُ | يَقْطَعَ | يَقْطَعْ | — |
| هِيَ she | قَطَعَتْ | تَقْطَعُ | تَقْطَعَ | تَقْطَعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | قَطَعْتُمَا | تَقْطَعَانِ | تَقْطَعَا | تَقْطَعَا | اِقْطَعَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | قَطَعَا | يَقْطَعَانِ | يَقْطَعَا | يَقْطَعَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | قَطَعَتَا | تَقْطَعَانِ | تَقْطَعَا | تَقْطَعَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | قَطَعْنَا | نَقْطَعُ | نَقْطَعَ | نَقْطَعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | قَطَعْتُمْ | تَقْطَعُونَ | تَقْطَعُوا | تَقْطَعُوا | اِقْطَعُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | قَطَعْتُنَّ | تَقْطَعْنَ | تَقْطَعْنَ | تَقْطَعْنَ | اِقْطَعْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | قَطَعُوا | يَقْطَعُونَ | يَقْطَعُوا | يَقْطَعُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | قَطَعْنَ | يَقْطَعْنَ | يَقْطَعْنَ | يَقْطَعْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | قَطْع |
|---|---|
| Active participle | قَاطِع |
| Passive participle | مَقْطُوع |
قَطَعَ in a sentence
From a fully vowelled text
الرَّبُّ صِدِّيقٌ. قَطَعَ رُبُطَ الأَشْرَارِ.The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Psalms 129:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَأَرْسَلَ وَقَطَعَ رَأْسَ يُوحَنَّا فِي السِّجْنِ.And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.Matthew 14:10, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لاَ تَقْطَعْ مَعَهُمْ وَلاَ مَعَ آلِهَتِهِمْ عَهْدًا.Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.Exodus 23:32, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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