- 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...
-
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...
- (he wrote), كَتَبْتَ
katabta (you (masculine singular) wrote), يَكْتُبُ
yaktubu (he writes), and مَكْتَبَة
maktabah (library). In most cases, the absence...
-
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...
- 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...
- "book",
kutub "books", kātib "writer", kuttāb "writers",
kataba "he wrote",
yaktubu "he writes", etc. In the
analysis provided by McCarthy's
account of nonconcatenative...
- both the
indicative and subjunctive.)
Indicative third singular masc.
yaktubu "he
writes / is
writing / will write" →
Subjunctive yaktuba "he may / should...
- k–t–b (ك-ت-ب)
Arabic transliteration Translation kataba كتب 'he wrote'
yaktubu يكتب 'he is writing' kātib كاتب 'writer' maktūb مكتوب 'written' katb كتب...
- the mood of the verb,
There are six
moods in the
classical Arabic, Thus:
yaktubu,
indicative (مَرْفُوعٌ marfū‘ ),
means 'he writes' and
sayaktubu means...
