Kaf-Ta-Ba
6 words from this root family
Kaf-Ta-Ba (ك-ت-ب) has 6 words in the Fahm dictionary: yaktubu (he writes), kitābun (book), kataba (to write), maktaba (library / bookstore), and 2 more.
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 319 times in 279 verses, across 61 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:2. The form كِتَابٌ (book) accounts for 260 of them.
Themes: Verbs, Basics, Nouns, Communication, Travel, Places, Work
| Word | Meaning | Type | In the Quran | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
يَكْتُبُ yaktubu | he writes | verb, A1 | Essential Verbs | |
كِتَابٌ kitābun | book | noun, A1 | 260× | This & That - Demonstratives & First Nouns |
كَتَبَ kataba | to write | verb, A1 | 49× | Action Verbs - Movement & Travel |
مَكْتَبة maktaba | library / bookstore | noun, A2 | Train & Bus Travel | |
مَكْتَب بَريد maktab barīd | post office | noun, A2 | At the Hotel | |
مَكْتَب maktab | office / desk | noun, A2 | The Office |
“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.
ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَThis is the Scripture whereof there is no doubt, a guidance unto those who ward off (evil).
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَTherefore woe be unto those who write the Scripture with their hands and then say, "This is from Allah," that they may purchase a small gain therewith. Woe unto them for that their hands have written, and woe unto them for that they earn thereby.
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَلَا كُفْرَانَ لِسَعْيِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ كَـٰتِبُونَThen whoso doeth some good works and is a believer, there will be no rejection of his effort. Lo! We record (it) for him.
Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).
Form I verb, present tense. Root k-t-b relates to writing. Same root gives: kitāb (book), maktaba (library), kātib (writer).
Plural: kutub (كُتُبٌ). From the same root as 'yaktub' (he writes).
Form I verb. Past: kataba, Present: yaktubu. A model regular verb often used to teach conjugation.