כ־ת־ב

See also: כתב

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-West Semitic *katab- "to prick, cut, scratch, scrape"; the meaning "write" is secondary and spread through diffusion rather than inheritance.^[1]^[2]^[3] Cognate with Arabic root ك ت ب (k t b).

Root

כ־ת־ב • (k-t-b) (strong root)

Forming words pertaining to writing

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root כ־ת־ב (0 c, 18 e)

Verbs and Verbal derivatives

Binyan	Verb	Participle	Verbal noun
Pa'al	כָּתַב (katáv)	Active participle: כּוֹתֵב (kotév) Passive participle: כָּתוּב (katúv)	כְּתִיבָה (k'tivá)
Nif'al	נִכְתַּב (nikhtáv)	נִכְתָּב (nikhtáv)
Pi'el	כִּיתֵּב (kitév)	מְכַתֵּב (m'katév)	כיתוב / כִּתּוּב (kitúv)
Pu'al	כותב / כֻּתַּב (kutáv)	מכותב / מְכֻתָּב (m'kutáv)
Hif'il	הִכְתִּיב (hikhtív)	מַכְתִּיב (makhtív)	הַכְתָּבָה (hakhtavá)
Huf'al	הוכתב / הֻכְתַּב (hukhtáv)	מוּכְתָּב (mukhtáv)
Hitpa'el	הִתְכַּתֵּב (hitkatév)	מִתְכַּתֵּב (mitkatév)	הִתְכַּתְּבוּת (hitkatvút)

Others

כְּתָב (k'táv)
כַּתָּב (katáv)
מִכְתָּב (mikhtáv)
כְּתִיב (ktiv)
כְּתִיבָה (ktivá)
כְּתוּבָּה (k'tubá)

References

^ "Semitic Roots: Appendix II" in in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2074 of 2072-2078
^ Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.p. 213
^ Huehnergard, John (2005) "Features of Central Semitic", Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran, pp. 155‒203.

[1] "Semitic Roots: Appendix II" in in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English language, Fifth Edition, 2011, p. 2074 of 2072-2078

[2] Kogan, Leonid (2015) Genealogical Classification of Semitic. The Lexical Isoglosses. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.p. 213

[3] Huehnergard, John (2005) "Features of Central Semitic", Biblical and Oriental Essays in Memory of William L. Moran, pp. 155‒203.

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