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قَتَل
to kill /ˈqa.ta.la/
verbA1#111 most common
Also: to murder, to slay, to put to death
Example sentences
قَتَلَ الرَّجُلُ الثُّعْبانَ.
The man killed the snake.
قَتَلَ الصَّيّادُ أَرْنَبَيْنِ أَمْسِ.
The hunter killed two rabbits yesterday.
مَنْ قَتَلَ هذا الرَّجُلَ المِسْكينَ؟
Who killed this poor man?
قُتِلَ عَشَراتُ المَدَنِيِّينَ في القَصْفِ.
Dozens of civilians were killed in the bombing.
لَوْلا تَدَخُّلُ الشُّرْطَةِ لَقَتَلَ المُهاجِمُ ضَحِيَّتَهُ.
Had the police not intervened, the attacker would have killed his victim.
مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْساً بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ فَكَأَنَّما قَتَلَ النّاسَ جَميعاً.
Whoever kills a soul, not in retribution for another, it is as if he killed all of mankind.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقْتُلُ | قَتَلْتُ | سَأَقْتُلُ |
| 2sg | تَقْتُلُ | قَتَلْتَ | سَتَقْتُلُ |
| 3sg | يَقْتُلُ | قَتَلَ | سَيَقْتُلُ |
| 1pl | نَقْتُلُ | قَتَلْنا | سَنَقْتُلُ |
| 2pl | تَقْتُلونَ | قَتَلْتُمْ | سَتَقْتُلونَ |
| 3pl | يَقْتُلونَ | قَتَلوا | سَيَقْتُلونَ |
Word family
قَتْل (qatl)killing, homicide
قاتِل (qātil)killer, murderer; lethal
مَقْتول (maqtūl)killed person, victim
قِتال (qitāl)fighting, combat
قاتَلَ (qātala)to fight, do battle
Etymology
قَتَل comes from the common Semitic root q-t-l, which carries the sense of killing and death. The same root surfaces across the family, from Aramaic and Hebrew to Ge'ez. Arabic built a wide vocabulary on it, including قِتال (combat) and قاتِل (killer). It has no Indo-European connection.
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