كاتب

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Verb

كَاتَبَ (kātaba) III, non-past يُكَاتِبُ‎ (yukātibu) (conative)

  1. to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of كَتَبَ (kataba, to write), from ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Noun

كَاتِب (kātibm (plural كَاتِبُون (kātibūn) or كُتَّاب (kuttāb) or كَتَبَة (kataba))

  1. writer; author
    Synonym: مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif)
  2. copyist
    Synonym: ناسِخ (nāsiḵ) (now commoner)
  3. clerk
Declension