Arabic

Root

ك ت ب ‎(k-t-b)

1. related to writing

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: كَتَبَ ‎(kataba, “to write”)
  • Verbal noun: كَتْب ‎(katb, “writing, script”), كِتْبَة ‎( kitba, “writing, script”), كِتَابَة ‎( kitāba, “writing, script”)
  • Active participle: كَاتِب ‎(kātib, “writing, writer, scribe”)
  • Passive participle: مَكْتُوب ‎(maktūb, “written, letter”)
• Form II: كَتَّبَ ‎(kattaba, “to make write”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكْتِيب ‎(taktīb)
  • Active participle: مُكَتِّب ‎(mukattib)
  • Passive participle: مُكَتَّب ‎(mukattab)
• Form III: كَاتَبَ ‎(kātaba, “to correspond with”)
  • Verbal noun: مُكَاتَبَة ‎(mukātaba, “correspondence, note”), كِتَاب ‎(kitāb, “correspondence, note”)
  • Active participle: مُكَاتِب ‎(mukātib)
  • Passive participle: مُكَاتَب ‎(mukātab)
• Form IV: أَكْتَبَ ‎(ʾaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: إِكْتَاب ‎(ʾiktāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتِب ‎(muktib)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَب ‎(muktab)
• Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ ‎(takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)
  • Verbal noun: تَكَاتُب ‎(takātub)
  • Active participle: مُتَكَاتِب ‎(mutakātib)
  • Passive participle: مُتَكَاتَب ‎(mutakātab)
• Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ ‎(inkataba, “to subscribe”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْكِتَاب ‎(inkitāb)
  • Active participle: مُنْكَتِب ‎(munkatib)
  • Passive participle: مُنْكَتَب ‎(munkatab)
• Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ ‎(iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)
  • Verbal noun: اِكْتِتَاب ‎(iktitāb)
  • Active participle: مُكْتَتِب ‎(muktatib)
  • Passive participle: مُكْتَتَب ‎(muktatab)
• Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ ‎(istaktaba, “to dictate to”)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِكْتَاب ‎(istiktāb, “dictation”)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَكْتِب ‎(mustaktib)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَكْتَب ‎(mustaktab)

Nouns and adjectives

• كِتَاب m ‎(kitāb, “book”)
  • كِتَابِيّ ‎(kitābiyy, “written, literary”)
  • كُتَيِّب ‎(kutayyib, “booklet”)
  • كِتَابْخَانَة ‎(kitābḵāna, “library, bookstore”)
• كُتُبِيّ ‎(kutubiyy, “bookseller”)
• مَكْتَب m ‎(maktab, “desk, office”)
• مَكْتَبِيّ ‎(maktabiyy)
• مَكْتَبَة f ‎(maktaba, “library”)
• مِكْتَاب ‎(miktāb, “typewriter”)
• كَتِيبَة ‎(katība)
• كُتَّاب ‎(kuttāb)

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “كتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4