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قاتِل
killer /ˈqaːtil/
nounA1#485 most common
Also: murderer, slayer, assassin
Example sentences
القاتِلُ هَرَبَ.
The killer ran away.
تَبحَثُ الشُّرطَةُ عَنِ القاتِلِ.
The police are looking for the killer.
اِعتَرَفَ القاتِلُ بِجَريمَتِهِ أمامَ المَحكَمَةِ.
The killer confessed to his crime before the court.
لَم تَجِدِ الشُّرطَةُ أيَّ دَليلٍ يَقودُها إلى القاتِلِ الحَقيقِيِّ.
The police found no evidence leading them to the real killer.
ظَلَّ القاتِلُ طَليقاً سَنَواتٍ قَبلَ أن تَفضَحَهُ بَصمَةٌ واحِدةٌ نَسِيَها في مَسرَحِ الجَريمَةِ.
The killer stayed free for years before a single fingerprint he left at the crime scene gave him away.
في الرِّوايَةِ يَتَماهى القارِئُ شَيئاً فَشَيئاً مَعَ القاتِلِ حَتّى يَكادُ يُبَرِّرُ دَوافِعَهُ المُظلِمَةَ.
In the novel the reader gradually comes to identify with the killer, almost justifying his dark motives.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قاتِلٌ | قَتَلةٌ |
| Genitive | قاتِلٍ | قَتَلةٍ |
| Accusative | قاتِلاً | قَتَلةً |
| Vocative | يا قاتِلُ | يا قَتَلةُ |
Word family
قَتَلَto kill
قَتلkilling, murder
مَقتولthe killed, victim
قَتيلslain person, casualty
قِتالcombat, fightingEtymology
قاتِل is the active participle of the verb قَتَلَ, to kill. It comes from the Semitic root q-t-l, which carries the sense of killing or slaying across the family. The same three consonants name killing in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Akkadian. The participle form names the doer: the one who kills.
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