- it does
refer to
itself as a kitāb (كِتَابٌ), or book or writings, from
yaktubu (يَكْتُبُ) or to write, in many verses. Some
Islamic scholars also use...
- (he wrote), كَتَبْتَ
katabta (you (masculine singular) wrote), يَكْتُبُ
yaktubu (he writes), and مَكْتَبَة
maktabah (library). In most cases, the absence...
-
classical Arabic Form Past
Meaning Non-past
Meaning I
kataba 'he wrote'
yaktubu 'he writes' II
kattaba 'he made (someone) write'
yukattibu "he
makes (someone)...
- kātib "writer", كُتّاب kuttāb "writers", كَتَب
kataba "he wrote", يكتُب
yaktubu "he writes", etc.. The
similarity of the Hebrew,
Arabic and
Aramaic languages...
-
beginning of the
present tense verb, e.g. سَيَكْتُبُ sa-
yaktubu or سَوْفَ يَكْتُبُ
sawfa yaktubu 'he will write'. In some contexts, the
tenses represent...
- כתבנו katabnā كتبنا "we wrote" 3rd. masc. sing.
imperfect yiḵtoḇ יכתוב
yaktubu يكتب "he writes, will write" 1st. plur.
imperfect niḵtoḇ נכתוב naktubu...
- both the
indicative and subjunctive.)
Indicative third singular masc.
yaktubu "he
writes / is
writing / will write" →
Subjunctive yaktuba "he may / should...
-
pattern kataba 'he wrote' (a - a - a)
kutiba 'it was written' (u - i - a)
yaktubu 'he writes' (ya - ∅ - u - u)
yuktabu 'it is written' (yu - ∅ - a - u) kaatib...
- "book",
kutub "books", kātib "writer", kuttāb "writers",
kataba "he wrote",
yaktubu "he writes", etc. In the
analysis provided by McCarthy's
account of nonconcatenative...
- kāṯaḇnū كتبنا katabnā We
wrote 3rd Sg. M.
Imperfect יכתוב yiḵtoḇ يكتب
yaktubu He writes, will
write 1st Pl.
Imperfect נכתוב niḵtoḇ نكتب
naktubu We write...
