Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ق ط ع

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ق ط ع • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to cutting or interrupting

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: قطع (ʔaṭaʕ, “to cut; to cross”)
  • Active Participle: قاطع (qāṭeʕ, “conclusive, decisive”)
• Form I: قطّع (ʔaṭṭaʕ, “to cut up; to interrupt”)
• Form III: قاطع (ʔāṭaʕ, “to boycott”)
  • Noun Form: مقاطعة (muʔāṭaʕa, “boycott”)
  • Active Participle: مقاطع (muʔāṭeʕ)
• Form VII: انقطع (inʔaṭaʕ, “to be cut, interrupted”)
  • Noun Form: انقطاع (inʔiṭāʕ, “interruption”)

Nouns

• قطعة (ʔiṭʕa, “piece”)
• قطاع (qiṭāʕ, “sector”)
• قطاع غزّة (qiṭāʕ ḡazze, “the Gaza Strip”)
• مقطع (maʔṭaʕ, “section”)