"ك ت ب" meaning in Arabic

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Root

Forms: k-t-b [romanization]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Semitic *katab- Arabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b), Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b), and Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ar|inh|sem-wes-pro>*katab->scrape|id=root|pos=root|text=1|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-West Semitic *katab- Arabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-., {{cog|syc|ܟ-ܬ-ܒ|tr=k-t-b}} Classical Syriac ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b), {{cog|gez|ከ-ተ-በ|tr=k-t-b}} Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b), {{cog|he|-}} Hebrew Head templates: {{ar-root}} ك ت ب • (k-t-b)
  1. related to putting into rows, creating lines Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ك_ت_ب-ar-root-XjArxK6p
  2. related to putting into rows, creating lines
    (by extension) related to writing     Tags: broadly, morpheme Derived forms (Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)): مُكَاتَب (mukātab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Active participle): مُكَاتِب (mukātib) (english: correspondent, reporter) Derived forms (Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Verbal noun): مُكَاتَبَة (mukātaba) (english: correspondence, note) Derived forms (Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)): مُنْكَتَب (munkatab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Active participle): مُنْكَتِب (munkatib) Derived forms (Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Verbal noun): اِنْكِتَاب (inkitāb) Derived forms (Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)): مُكْتَتَب (muktatab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Active participle): مُكْتَتِب (muktatib) (english: subscriber) Derived forms (Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Verbal noun): اِكْتِتَاب (iktitāb)
    Sense id: en-ك_ت_ب-ar-root-ZYoF6~h1 Categories (other): Arabic entries with etymology texts, Arabic entries with etymology trees, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic roots, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic terms with redundant script codes, Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymology texts: 42 58 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with etymology trees: 19 81 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of Arabic roots: 22 78 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant script codes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Active participle': 36 64 Disambiguation of 'Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Verbal noun': 28 72 Disambiguation of 'Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)': 35 65 Disambiguation of 'Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Active participle': 37 63 Disambiguation of 'Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Verbal noun': 36 64 Disambiguation of 'Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)': 25 75 Disambiguation of 'Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Active participle': 35 65 Disambiguation of 'Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Verbal noun': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Verbs and verbal derivatives, Nouns and adjectives, مَكْتَبَة (maktaba) (english: library) [feminine], مِكْتَاب (miktāb) (english: typewriter) [masculine], كَتِيبَة (katība) (english: battalion) [masculine], كُتَّاب (kuttāb) (english: Qur'an school) [masculine] Derived forms (Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”)): مَكْتُوب (maktūb) (english: written, letter, recorded, destined) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Active participle): كَاتِب (kātib) (english: writing, writer, scribe) Derived forms (Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun): كَتْب (katb) (english: writing, script), كِتَاب (kitāb) (english: writing, script), كِتَابَة (kitāba) (english: writing, script) Derived forms (Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”)): مُكَتَّب (mukattab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Active participle): مُكَتِّب (mukattib) Derived forms (Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Verbal noun): تَكْتِيب (taktīb) Derived forms (Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”)): مُكْتَب (muktab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle): مُكْتِب (muktib) Derived forms (Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun): إِكْتَاب (ʔiktāb) Derived forms (Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)): مُتَكَاتَب (mutakātab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Active participle): مُتَكَاتِب (mutakātib) Derived forms (Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Verbal noun): تَكَاتُب (takātub) Derived forms (Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)): مُسْتَكْتَب (mustaktab) [participle, passive] Derived forms (Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle): مُسْتَكْتِب (mustaktib) Derived forms (Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun): اِسْتِكْتَاب (istiktāb) (english: dictation) Derived forms (كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)): كِتَابِيّ (kitābiyy) (english: written, literary), كُتَيِّب (kutayyib) (english: booklet) [masculine], كِتَابْخَانَة (kitābḵāna) [feminine], كُتُبْخَانَة (kutubḵāna) (english: library, bookstore) [feminine], كُتُبِيّ (kutubiyy) (english: bookseller) [masculine] Derived forms (مَكْتَب m (maktab, “desk, office”)): مَكْتَبِيّ (maktabiyy) (english: office (in compounds)) Disambiguation of 'Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”)': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Active participle': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”)': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Active participle': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Verbal noun': 0 0 Disambiguation of 'Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”)': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Active participle': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Verbal noun': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)': 50 50 Disambiguation of 'مَكْتَب m (maktab, “desk, office”)': 50 50
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  "derived": [
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "english": "library",
      "roman": "maktaba",
      "tags": [
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      "english": "typewriter",
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      "english": "battalion",
      "roman": "katība",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَتِيبَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Qur'an school",
      "roman": "kuttāb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتَّاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "writing, script",
      "roman": "katb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كَتْب"
    },
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      "roman": "kitāb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كِتَاب"
    },
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      "roman": "kitāba",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كِتَابَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "writing, writer, scribe",
      "roman": "kātib",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Active participle",
      "word": "كَاتِب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "written, letter, recorded, destined",
      "roman": "maktūb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتُوب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "taktīb",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "تَكْتِيب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "mukattib",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكَتِّب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mukattab",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُكَتَّب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "ʔiktāb",
      "sense": "Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "إِكْتَاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "muktib",
      "sense": "Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكْتِب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "muktab",
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "takātub",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "تَكَاتُب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "mutakātib",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُتَكَاتِب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "mutakātab",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَكَاتَب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "dictation",
      "roman": "istiktāb",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "اِسْتِكْتَاب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "mustaktib",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "mustaktab",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "مُسْتَكْتَب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "written, literary",
      "roman": "kitābiyy",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "word": "كِتَابِيّ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "booklet",
      "roman": "kutayyib",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتَيِّب"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "roman": "kitābḵāna",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كِتَابْخَانَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "library, bookstore",
      "roman": "kutubḵāna",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتُبْخَانَة"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "bookseller",
      "roman": "kutubiyy",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتُبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "office (in compounds)",
      "roman": "maktabiyy",
      "sense": "مَكْتَب m (maktab, “desk, office”)",
      "word": "مَكْتَبِيّ"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sem-wes-pro>*katab->scrape",
        "id": "root",
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        "text": "1",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-West Semitic *katab-\nArabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ከ-ተ-በ",
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      },
      "expansion": "Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-West Semitic *katab-\nArabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b), Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b), and Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "k-t-b",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ك ت ب • (k-t-b)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "related to putting into rows, creating lines"
      ],
      "id": "en-ك_ت_ب-ar-root-XjArxK6p",
      "links": [
        [
          "row",
          "row"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "19 81",
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          "name": "Arabic entries with etymology trees",
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            "Entries with etymology trees",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "24 76",
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          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "english": "correspondence, note",
          "roman": "mukātaba",
          "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Verbal noun",
          "word": "مُكَاتَبَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "english": "correspondent, reporter",
          "roman": "mukātib",
          "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Active participle",
          "word": "مُكَاتِب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "28 72",
          "roman": "mukātab",
          "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)",
          "tags": [
            "participle",
            "passive"
          ],
          "word": "مُكَاتَب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 64",
          "roman": "inkitāb",
          "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Verbal noun",
          "word": "اِنْكِتَاب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "37 63",
          "roman": "munkatib",
          "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Active participle",
          "word": "مُنْكَتِب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "roman": "munkatab",
          "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)",
          "tags": [
            "participle",
            "passive"
          ],
          "word": "مُنْكَتَب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "roman": "iktitāb",
          "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Verbal noun",
          "word": "اِكْتِتَاب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "english": "subscriber",
          "roman": "muktatib",
          "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Active participle",
          "word": "مُكْتَتِب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "25 75",
          "roman": "muktatab",
          "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)",
          "tags": [
            "participle",
            "passive"
          ],
          "word": "مُكْتَتَب"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "related to putting into rows, creating lines",
        "related to writing"
      ],
      "id": "en-ك_ت_ب-ar-root-ZYoF6~h1",
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          "row",
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        ],
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          "line",
          "line"
        ],
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          "writing",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
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        "related to putting into rows, creating lines",
        "(by extension) related to writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ك ت ب"
}

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      "word": "Verbs and verbal derivatives"
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    {
      "english": "writing, script",
      "roman": "katb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كَتْب"
    },
    {
      "english": "writing, script",
      "roman": "kitāb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كِتَاب"
    },
    {
      "english": "writing, script",
      "roman": "kitāba",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "كِتَابَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "writing, writer, scribe",
      "roman": "kātib",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”); Active participle",
      "word": "كَاتِب"
    },
    {
      "english": "written, letter, recorded, destined",
      "roman": "maktūb",
      "sense": "Form I: كَتَبَ (kataba, “to write”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتُوب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taktīb",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "تَكْتِيب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mukattib",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكَتِّب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mukattab",
      "sense": "Form II: كَتَّبَ (kattaba, “to make write”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُكَتَّب"
    },
    {
      "english": "correspondence, note",
      "roman": "mukātaba",
      "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "مُكَاتَبَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "correspondent, reporter",
      "roman": "mukātib",
      "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكَاتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mukātab",
      "sense": "Form III: كَاتَبَ (kātaba, “to correspond with”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُكَاتَب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔiktāb",
      "sense": "Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "إِكْتَاب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muktib",
      "sense": "Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكْتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muktab",
      "sense": "Form IV: أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba, “to dictate to”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُكْتَب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "takātub",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "تَكَاتُب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mutakātib",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُتَكَاتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mutakātab",
      "sense": "Form VI: تَكَاتَبَ (takātaba, “to correspond with each other”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُتَكَاتَب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "inkitāb",
      "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "اِنْكِتَاب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "munkatib",
      "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُنْكَتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "munkatab",
      "sense": "Form VII: اِنْكَتَبَ (inkataba, “to subscribe”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُنْكَتَب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iktitāb",
      "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "اِكْتِتَاب"
    },
    {
      "english": "subscriber",
      "roman": "muktatib",
      "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُكْتَتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muktatab",
      "sense": "Form VIII: اِكْتَتَبَ (iktataba, “to copy, to subscribe (money)”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُكْتَتَب"
    },
    {
      "english": "dictation",
      "roman": "istiktāb",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Verbal noun",
      "word": "اِسْتِكْتَاب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mustaktib",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”); Active participle",
      "word": "مُسْتَكْتِب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mustaktab",
      "sense": "Form X: اِسْتَكْتَبَ (istaktaba, “to dictate to”)",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive"
      ],
      "word": "مُسْتَكْتَب"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nouns and adjectives"
    },
    {
      "english": "written, literary",
      "roman": "kitābiyy",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "word": "كِتَابِيّ"
    },
    {
      "english": "booklet",
      "roman": "kutayyib",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتَيِّب"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kitābḵāna",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كِتَابْخَانَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "library, bookstore",
      "roman": "kutubḵāna",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتُبْخَانَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "bookseller",
      "roman": "kutubiyy",
      "sense": "كِتَاب m (kitāb, “book”); plural كُتُب (kutub)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتُبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "english": "office (in compounds)",
      "roman": "maktabiyy",
      "sense": "مَكْتَب m (maktab, “desk, office”)",
      "word": "مَكْتَبِيّ"
    },
    {
      "english": "library",
      "roman": "maktaba",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مَكْتَبَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "typewriter",
      "roman": "miktāb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مِكْتَاب"
    },
    {
      "english": "battalion",
      "roman": "katība",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كَتِيبَة"
    },
    {
      "english": "Qur'an school",
      "roman": "kuttāb",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "كُتَّاب"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "sem-wes-pro>*katab->scrape",
        "id": "root",
        "pos": "root",
        "text": "1",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-West Semitic *katab-\nArabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-.",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syc",
        "2": "ܟ-ܬ-ܒ",
        "tr": "k-t-b"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gez",
        "2": "ከ-ተ-በ",
        "tr": "k-t-b"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-West Semitic *katab-\nArabic ك ت ب (k t b)From Proto-West Semitic *katab-. Cognate with Classical Syriac ܟ-ܬ-ܒ (k-t-b), Ge'ez ከ-ተ-በ (k-t-b), and Hebrew root כ־ת־ב (k-t-b).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "k-t-b",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ك ت ب • (k-t-b)",
      "name": "ar-root"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "root",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "related to putting into rows, creating lines"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "row",
          "row"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "related to putting into rows, creating lines",
        "related to writing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "row",
          "row"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "writing",
          "write"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "related to putting into rows, creating lines",
        "(by extension) related to writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ك ت ب"
}

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