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قَتَلَ

to kill

VerbForm IRoot ق-ت-ل

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Also written قتل: قَتْل (killing) · قِتْل (enemy)

Highlights

Present tense
يَقْتُلُ
Verbal nouns
قَتْل، مَقْتَل
Active participle
قَاتِل
Passive participle
مَقْتُول

Most common words from the same root

Noun
قَتْل
killing
Adjective
قَاتِل
killing
Verb · Form III
قَاتَلَ
to combat
Noun
قَاتِل
killer
Noun
قِتَال
fighting
Noun
قِتْل
enemy

قَتَلَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to kill, to slay, to murder
    مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا[…]That is why We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, without [its being guilty of] manslaughter or corruption on the earth, is as though he had killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32
    وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًاAnd do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31
  2. to mitigate, to alleviate
  3. to mix, to dilute
  4. to know, to master
  5. to be cursed
    قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِCursed were the companions of the trench609–632 CE, Qur'an, 85:4

Word origin

From Proto-West Semitic *ḳatal-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָטַל (qɔṭal).

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

قَتْل
Verbal noun
killing
مَقْتَل
Verbal noun
place of killing
قَاتِل
Active participle · Adjective
killing
قَاتِل
Active participle
killer
مَقْتُول
Passive participle
قَتَّلَ · present يُقَتِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to kill, to massacre, to cause carnage

تَقْتِيل
Verbal noun
مُقَتِّل
Active participle
مُقَتَّل
Passive participle
قَاتَلَ · present يُقَاتِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to combat, to battle, to fight

قِتَال
Verbal noun
fighting
مُقَاتَلَة
Verbal noun
مُقَاتِل
Active participle
مُقَاتَل
Passive participle
تَقَتَّلَ · present يَتَقَتَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to fight each other; to do everything to achieve; to walk swaying (of woman)

تَقَتُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَقَتِّل
Active participle
مُتَقَتَّل
Passive participle
تَقَاتَلَ · present يَتَقَاتَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to fight one another, to combat each other

تَقَاتُل
Verbal noun
مُتَقَاتِل
Active participle
مُتَقَاتَل
Passive participle
اِقْتَتَلَ · present يَقْتَتِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to fight one another, to combat each other

اِقْتِتَال
Verbal noun
مُقْتَتِل
Active participle
مُقْتَتَل
Passive participle
battlefield
اِسْتَقْتَلَ · present يَسْتَقْتِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to risk one's life, to defy death

اِسْتِقْتَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَقْتِل
Active participle
مُسْتَقْتَل
Passive participle
قِتْل
Noun · m.
enemy
مَقْتَلَة
Noun · f.
murderous battle
أَقْتَل
Adjective
elative degree of قَاتِل
قَتُول
Adjective
that kills a lot

قَتَلَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iقَتَلْتُأَقْتُلُأَقْتُلَأَقْتُلْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)قَتَلْتَتَقْتُلُتَقْتُلَتَقْتُلْاُقْتُلْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)قَتَلْتِتَقْتُلِينَتَقْتُلِيتَقْتُلِياُقْتُلِي
هُوَ heقَتَلَيَقْتُلُيَقْتُلَيَقْتُلْ—
هِيَ sheقَتَلَتْتَقْتُلُتَقْتُلَتَقْتُلْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoقَتَلْتُمَاتَقْتُلَانِتَقْتُلَاتَقْتُلَااُقْتُلَا
هُمَا they two (m.)قَتَلَايَقْتُلَانِيَقْتُلَايَقْتُلَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)قَتَلَتَاتَقْتُلَانِتَقْتُلَاتَقْتُلَا—
نَحْنُ weقَتَلْنَانَقْتُلُنَقْتُلَنَقْتُلْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)قَتَلْتُمْتَقْتُلُونَتَقْتُلُواتَقْتُلُوااُقْتُلُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)قَتَلْتُنَّتَقْتُلْنَتَقْتُلْنَتَقْتُلْنَاُقْتُلْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)قَتَلُوايَقْتُلُونَيَقْتُلُوايَقْتُلُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)قَتَلْنَيَقْتُلْنَيَقْتُلْنَيَقْتُلْنَ—
Verbal nounقَتْل، مَقْتَل
Active participleقَاتِل
Passive participleمَقْتُول

قَتَلَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to kill

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا[…]That is why We decreed for the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, without [its being guilty of] manslaughter or corruption on the earth, is as though he had killed all mankind, and whoever saves a life is as though he had saved all mankind.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32

to kill

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًاAnd do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31

to be cursed

قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِCursed were the companions of the trench609–632 CE, Qur'an, 85:4

From a fully vowelled text

«مَنْ ضَرَبَ إِنْسَانًا فَمَاتَ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.Exodus 21:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَمِنْ ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ تَشَاوَرُوا لِيَقْتُلُوهُ.Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.John 11:53, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ أَبَاهُ أَوْ أُمَّهُ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلاً.And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.Exodus 21:15, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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