כ־ת־ב

See also: כתב‎

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab- "to prick, cut, scratch, scrape"; the meaning "write" is secondary and spread through diffusion rather than inheritance.[1][2][3] Cognate with Arabic root ك ت ب‎ (k-t-b).

Root

כ־ת־ב • (k-t-b) (strong root)

  1. forming words pertaining to writing

Derived terms
Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ת־ב‎ (0 c, 18 e)


Verbs and Verbal derivatives
BinyanVerbParticipleVerbal noun
Pa'alכָּתַב‎ (katáv)Active participle: כּוֹתֵב‎ (kotév)
Passive participle: כָּתוּב‎ (katúv)		כְּתִיבָה‎ (k'tivá)
Nif'alנִכְתַּב‎ (nikhtáv)נִכְתָּב‎ (nikhtáv)
Pi'elכִּיתֵּב‎ (kitév)מְכַתֵּב‎ (m'katév)כיתוב / כִּתּוּב‎ (kitúv)
Pu'alכותב / כֻּתַּב‎ (kutáv)מכותב / מְכֻתָּב‎ (m'kutáv)
Hif'ilהִכְתִּיב‎ (hikhtív)מַכְתִּיב‎ (makhtív)הַכְתָּבָה‎ (hakhtavá)
Huf'alהוכתב / הֻכְתַּב‎ (hukhtáv)מוּכְתָּב‎ (mukhtáv)
Hitpa'elהִתְכַּתֵּב‎ (hitkatév)מִתְכַּתֵּב‎ (mitkatév)הִתְכַּתְּבוּת‎ (hitkatvút)
Others

References
  1. "Semitic Roots: Appendix II" in in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2074 of 2072-2078
  2. Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.p. 213
  3. Huehnergard, John (2005) "Features of Central Semitic", Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran, pp. 155‒203.
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