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كتب

كتب

See also: کتب, گپت, and ك ت ب

Arabic

Pronunciation

Verb

كَتَبَ (kataba) I, non-past يَكْتُبُ‎ (yaktubu)

  1. to write, to pen, to write down, to inscribe, to enter, to record, to register
  2. to compose, to draw up, to draft
  3. to bequeath
  4. to prescribe
  5. to foreordain, to destine
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Form-II causative of كَتَبَ (kataba, to write).

Verb

كَتَّبَ (kattaba) II, non-past يُكَتِّبُ‎ (yukattibu) (causative)

  1. to cause to write, to make someone write
  2. to deploy in squadrons
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Inflected form.

Noun

كُتُب (kutub) m pl

  1. plural of كِتَاب (kitāb)

Related terms

Etymology 4

Noun

كِتٰب (kitāb) m (plural كُتُب (kutub))

  1. Classical Arabic spelling of كِتَاب (kitāb)
Declension

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Verb

كتب (kátab) (perfect, imperfect يكتب (yíktib), Verb form I)

  1. to write

Conjugation