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قَطَع
to cut /ˈqa.tˤa.ʕa/
verbA2#845 most common
Also: to sever, to cross (a distance), to traverse, to cut off, to interrupt
Example sentences
قَطَعَ الوَلَدُ الوَرَقَةَ.
The boy cut the paper.
قَطَعْتُ الخُبْزَ بِالسِّكِّينِ.
I cut the bread with the knife.
قَطَعْنَا مَسافَةً طَويلَةً قَبْلَ الوُصولِ.
We covered a long distance before arriving.
قَطَعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ الكَهْرَباءَ عَنِ الحَيِّ.
The company cut off the electricity to the neighborhood.
قَطَعَ عَلى نَفْسِهِ وَعْداً بِأَلّا يَتَأَخَّرَ.
He made himself a promise not to be late.
قَطَعَ القاضي الشَّكَّ بِاليَقينِ وَأَصْدَرَ حُكْمَهُ النِّهائِيَّ.
The judge settled the matter with certainty and issued his final ruling.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَقْطَعُ | قَطَعْتُ | سَأَقْطَعُ |
| 2sg | تَقْطَعُ | قَطَعْتَ | سَتَقْطَعُ |
| 3sg | يَقْطَعُ | قَطَعَ | سَيَقْطَعُ |
| 1pl | نَقْطَعُ | قَطَعْنَا | سَنَقْطَعُ |
| 2pl | تَقْطَعُونَ | قَطَعْتُمْ | سَتَقْطَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَقْطَعُونَ | قَطَعُوا | سَيَقْطَعُونَ |
Word family
قَطْعcutting, severanceقِطْعَةa piece, a partمَقْطَعsection, syllable, passageقاطِعcutting, decisive, sharp
قَطيعةrupture, estrangement
Etymology
The verb comes from the common Semitic root q-ṭ-ʿ, which carries the core sense of cutting or severing. The same root appears in other Semitic languages with closely related meanings. Arabic is not an Indo-European language, so there is no Proto-Indo-European source.
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