Appendix:Hebrew patterns/קְטוֹל

Hebrew

Etymology

From *qitāl- and *qutāl-. Due to the Canaanite vowel shift the /aː/ almost always shifted to /oː/, and the /i/ or /u/ turned into a vocal shwa.

Noun

קְטוֹל • (któl) m or f (plural indefinite קְטוֹלִים or קְטוֹלוֹת, singular construct קְטוֹל־, plural construct קְטוֹלֵי־ or קְטוֹלוֹת־)

Used for forming substantives.

Declension

Declension of קְטוֹל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	קְטוֹל	first	קְטוֹלִי		קְטוֹלֵנוּ
	definite	הַקְּטוֹל	second	קְטוֹלְךָ	קְטוֹלֵךְ	קְטוֹלְכֶם	קְטוֹלְכֶן
	construct	קְטוֹל־	third	קְטוֹלוֹ	קְטוֹלָהּ	קְטוֹלָם	קְטוֹלָן
plural	indefinite	קְטוֹלִים	first	קטוליי / קְטוֹלַי		קְטוֹלֵינוּ
	definite	הַקְּטוֹלִים	second	קְטוֹלֶיךָ	קטולייך / קְטוֹלַיִךְ	קְטוֹלֵיכֶם	קְטוֹלֵיכֶן
	construct	קְטוֹלֵי־	third	קְטוֹלָיו	קְטוֹלֶיהָ	קְטוֹלֵיהֶם	קְטוֹלֵיהֶן

Declension of קְטָל

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	קְטָל	first	קְטָלִי		קְטָלֵנוּ
	definite	הַקְּטָל	second	קְטָלְךָ	קְטָלֵךְ	קְטָלְכֶם	קְטָלְכֶן
	construct	קְטָל־	third	קְטָלוֹ	קְטָלָהּ	קְטָלָם	קְטָלָן
plural	indefinite	קְטָלִים	first	קטליי / קְטָלַי		קְטָלֵינוּ
	definite	הַקְּטָלִים	second	קְטָלֶיךָ	קטלייך / קְטָלַיִךְ	קְטָלֵיכֶם	קְטָלֵיכֶן
	construct	קְטָלֵי־	third	קְטָלָיו	קְטָלֶיהָ	קְטָלֵיהֶם	קְטָלֵיהֶן

Nouns with feminine endings are conjugated in an analogous manner.

Words maintaining an original /aː/

Words which did not undergo the Canaanite vowel shift may be of native Canaanite extraction or loanwords (especially from Aramaic).

• כְּתָב, cognate with Arabic كِتَاب (kitāb)
• שְׁאָר
• יְקָר
• קְרָב

Usage notes

The /i/ or /u/ of the first syllable becomes an extra-short /ă/, that is: חֲ. Cf. חֲמוֹר (<ḥimār) and חֲלוֹם (<ḥilām).

See also

• קְטוֹלָה

References

Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910) Hebrew Grammar, pages 231-232, §84n

Derived terms

Hebrew terms in the pattern קְטוֹל