قتال

See also: قبال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

قِتَال • (qitāl) m (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of قَاتَلَ (qātala) (form III)
  2. fighting, battle, warfare

Declension

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: قتال (kıtal)
    • Turkish: kıtal
  • South Levantine Arabic: قتال (qitāl) (semi-learned)

Adjective

قَتَّال • (qattāl) (feminine قَتَّالَة (qattāla), masculine plural قَتَّالُونَ (qattālūna), feminine plural قَتَّالَات (qattālāt))

  1. someone who kills many people
  2. very deadly
    سُمٌّ قَتَّالsummun qattāl(please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Synonyms

  • فَتَّاك (fattāk)
  • سَفَّاح (saffāḥ, a person who sheds a lot of blood)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
3 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic قِتَال (qitāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔi.taːl/, [ʔ(ɪ)ˈtæːl]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡtaːl/, [ɡ(ɪ)ˈtæːl]
  • (file)

Noun

قتال • (qitāl, ʔitāl) m

  1. struggle, battle
  2. fight, squabble, quarrel
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