qatel

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قَتَلَ (qatala, “to kill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔatɛl/

Verb

qatel (imperfect joqtol, past participle maqtul)

1. to kill; to murder; to slaughter (cause the death of a person or animal, in whatever way or circumstance)
   • (Exodus 20:13, King James Version)

     La toqtolx.

     Thou shalt not kill.

Inflection

Conjugation of qatel
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qtilt	qtilt	qatel		qtilna	qtiltu	qatlu
	f			qatlet
imperfect	m	noqtol	toqtol	joqtol		noqtlu	toqtlu	joqtlu
	f			toqtol
imperative			oqtol				oqtlu

Derived terms

• qattiel
• qtil