كاتب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Verb

كَاتَبَ • (kātaba) III (non-past يُكَاتِبُ (yukātibu), verbal noun مُكَاتَبَة (mukātaba)) (conative)

1. to keep up a correspondence, to correspond with

Etymology 2

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

Noun

كَاتِب • (kātib) m (plural كَاتِبُون (kātibūn) or كُتَّاب (kuttāb) or كَتَبَة (kataba), feminine كَاتِبَة (kātiba))

1. writer; author

   Synonym: مُؤَلِّف (muʔallif)

2. copyist

   Synonym: ناسِخ (nāsiḵ)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:283:

     وَإِن كُنتُمْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ وَلَمْ تَجِدُوا كَاتِبًا فَرِهَانٌ مَّقْبُوضَةٌ

     wa-ʾin kuntum ʿalā safarin wa-lam tajidū kātiban farihānun mmaqbūḍatun

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. clerk

Declension

Declension of noun كَاتِب (kātib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَاتِب kātib	الْكَاتِب al-kātib	كَاتِب kātib
Nominative	كَاتِبٌ kātibun	الْكَاتِبُ al-kātibu	كَاتِبُ kātibu
Accusative	كَاتِبًا kātiban	الْكَاتِبَ al-kātiba	كَاتِبَ kātiba
Genitive	كَاتِبٍ kātibin	الْكَاتِبِ al-kātibi	كَاتِبِ kātibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَاتِبَيْن kātibayn	الْكَاتِبَيْن al-kātibayn	كَاتِبَيْ kātibay
Nominative	كَاتِبَانِ kātibāni	الْكَاتِبَانِ al-kātibāni	كَاتِبَا kātibā
Accusative	كَاتِبَيْنِ kātibayni	الْكَاتِبَيْنِ al-kātibayni	كَاتِبَيْ kātibay
Genitive	كَاتِبَيْنِ kātibayni	الْكَاتِبَيْنِ al-kātibayni	كَاتِبَيْ kātibay
Plural	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَاتِبِين‎; كُتَّاب‎; كَتَبَة kātibīn‎; kuttāb‎; kataba	الْكَاتِبِين‎; الْكُتَّاب‎; الْكَتَبَة al-kātibīn‎; al-kuttāb‎; al-kataba	كَاتِبِي‎; كُتَّاب‎; كَتَبَة kātibī‎; kuttāb‎; katabat
Nominative	كَاتِبُونَ‎; كُتَّابٌ‎; كَتَبَةٌ kātibūna‎; kuttābun‎; katabatun	الْكَاتِبُونَ‎; الْكُتَّابُ‎; الْكَتَبَةُ al-kātibūna‎; al-kuttābu‎; al-katabatu	كَاتِبُو‎; كُتَّابُ‎; كَتَبَةُ kātibū‎; kuttābu‎; katabatu
Accusative	كَاتِبِينَ‎; كُتَّابًا‎; كَتَبَةً kātibīna‎; kuttāban‎; katabatan	الْكَاتِبِينَ‎; الْكُتَّابَ‎; الْكَتَبَةَ al-kātibīna‎; al-kuttāba‎; al-katabata	كَاتِبِي‎; كُتَّابَ‎; كَتَبَةَ kātibī‎; kuttāba‎; katabata
Genitive	كَاتِبِينَ‎; كُتَّابٍ‎; كَتَبَةٍ kātibīna‎; kuttābin‎; katabatin	الْكَاتِبِينَ‎; الْكُتَّابِ‎; الْكَتَبَةِ al-kātibīna‎; al-kuttābi‎; al-katabati	كَاتِبِي‎; كُتَّابِ‎; كَتَبَةِ kātibī‎; kuttābi‎; katabati