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قاطِع
decisive /qɑːˈtˤɪʕ/
adjectiveB2#3680 most common
Also: conclusive, categorical, sharp (cutting)
Example sentences
هذه السكينُ قاطِعةٌ جداً.
This knife is very sharp.
أعطاني إجابةً قاطِعةً.
He gave me a definite answer.
رفضَ الرئيسُ الاقتراحَ رفضاً قاطِعاً.
The president rejected the proposal categorically.
لا يوجد دليلٌ قاطِعٌ على هذه النظرية.
There is no conclusive evidence for this theory.
اتخذت الحكومةُ موقفاً قاطِعاً بشأن الأزمة الاقتصادية.
The government took a decisive stance on the economic crisis.
على الرغم من الحجج المتعددة، ظلّ الخبراءُ عاجزين عن تقديم تفسيرٍ قاطِعٍ للظاهرة.
Despite the many arguments, the experts remained unable to give a conclusive explanation of the phenomenon.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قاطِعٌ | قاطِعُونَ |
| Genitive | قاطِعٍ | قاطِعِينَ |
| Accusative | قاطِعًا | قاطِعِينَ |
| Vocative | يا قاطِعُ | يا قاطِعُونَ |
Word family
قطَعَto cut
قِطعةpiece, part
مقطعsegment, syllable
تقاطعintersection, crossing
انقطعto be cut off, interrupted
Etymology
قاطِع comes from the Arabic root ق ط ع (q-ṭ-ʿ), whose base verb قطَعَ means "to cut." قاطِع is the active participle, literally "one that cuts" or "cutting." Arabic speakers extended this cutting sense to abstract judgment, so a "cutting" answer or piece of evidence became one that settles a matter beyond doubt. The word is Semitic, not Indo-European, so it has no PIE root.
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