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Also written قاتل: قَاتِل (killing) · قَاتِل (killer)
Highlights
Present tense
يُقَاتِلُ
Verbal nouns
قِتَال، مُقَاتَلَة
Active participle
مُقَاتِل
Passive participle
مُقَاتَل
Most common words from the same root
قَاتَلَ in English
Verb · Form III
- to combat, to battle, to fight
الجَيْشُ قَاتَلَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ.The army fought courageously in the battle.
Words from the root ق-ت-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
قَتَلَ
· present يَقْتُلُ
Form I · The plain action
to kill, to slay, to murder; to mitigate, to alleviate; to mix, to dilute
قَتَّلَ
· present يُقَتِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to kill, to massacre, to cause carnage
تَقْتِيل
مُقَتِّل
مُقَتَّل
قَاتَلَ
· present يُقَاتِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to combat, to battle, to fight
تَقَتَّلَ
· present يَتَقَتَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to fight each other; to do everything to achieve; to walk swaying (of woman)
تَقَتُّل
مُتَقَتِّل
مُتَقَتَّل
تَقَاتَلَ
· present يَتَقَاتَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to fight one another, to combat each other
تَقَاتُل
مُتَقَاتِل
مُتَقَاتَل
اِقْتَتَلَ
· present يَقْتَتِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to fight one another, to combat each other
اِقْتِتَال
مُقْتَتِل
مُقْتَتَل
battlefield
اِسْتَقْتَلَ
· present يَسْتَقْتِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to risk one's life, to defy death
اِسْتِقْتَال
مُسْتَقْتِل
مُسْتَقْتَل
قَاتَلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | قَاتَلْتُ | أُقَاتِلُ | أُقَاتِلَ | أُقَاتِلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | قَاتَلْتَ | تُقَاتِلُ | تُقَاتِلَ | تُقَاتِلْ | قَاتِلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | قَاتَلْتِ | تُقَاتِلِينَ | تُقَاتِلِي | تُقَاتِلِي | قَاتِلِي |
| هُوَ he | قَاتَلَ | يُقَاتِلُ | يُقَاتِلَ | يُقَاتِلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | قَاتَلَتْ | تُقَاتِلُ | تُقَاتِلَ | تُقَاتِلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | قَاتَلْتُمَا | تُقَاتِلَانِ | تُقَاتِلَا | تُقَاتِلَا | قَاتِلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | قَاتَلَا | يُقَاتِلَانِ | يُقَاتِلَا | يُقَاتِلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | قَاتَلَتَا | تُقَاتِلَانِ | تُقَاتِلَا | تُقَاتِلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | قَاتَلْنَا | نُقَاتِلُ | نُقَاتِلَ | نُقَاتِلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | قَاتَلْتُمْ | تُقَاتِلُونَ | تُقَاتِلُوا | تُقَاتِلُوا | قَاتِلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | قَاتَلْتُنَّ | تُقَاتِلْنَ | تُقَاتِلْنَ | تُقَاتِلْنَ | قَاتِلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | قَاتَلُوا | يُقَاتِلُونَ | يُقَاتِلُوا | يُقَاتِلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | قَاتَلْنَ | يُقَاتِلْنَ | يُقَاتِلْنَ | يُقَاتِلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | قِتَال، مُقَاتَلَة |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مُقَاتِل |
| Passive participle | مُقَاتَل |
قَاتَلَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to combat
الجَيْشُ قَاتَلَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ فِي الْمَعْرَكَةِ.The army fought courageously in the battle.
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