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قَطّ
a crosswise cut, especially the trimming of a reed pen's nib /ˈqatˤtˤ/
nounA1#682 most common
Also: nibbing of a pen, trimming, a cut made across the width
Example sentences
قَطُّ القلمِ سهلٌ.
Trimming the pen is easy.
يحتاجُ الكاتبُ إلى قَطِّ قلمِهِ.
The writer needs to trim his pen.
تعلّمتُ قَطَّ القلمِ من جَدّي.
I learned pen trimming from my grandfather.
إنّ قَطَّ القلمِ بسكّينٍ حادّةٍ فنٌّ قديمٌ.
Trimming the pen with a sharp knife is an old craft.
يختلفُ قَطُّ القلمِ العريضِ عن قَطِّ القلمِ الرفيعِ في زاويةِ القصِّ.
Trimming a broad pen differs from trimming a fine pen in the angle of the cut.
كان الخطّاطون يُتقنون قَطَّ القلمِ حتى يستويَ الخطُّ ويصفوَ.
Calligraphers used to master the nibbing of the pen until the script became even and clear.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قَطٌّ | None |
| Genitive | قَطٍّ | None |
| Accusative | قَطًّا | None |
| Vocative | يا قَطُّ | None |
Word family
قَطَّto cut crosswise; to nib a reed pen
مِقَطّةblock on which a reed pen is nibbed
قُطاطةparings; what is cut off
قاطّone who cuts or trims
Etymology
قَطّ is the verbal noun of the verb قَطَّ, to cut something across its width. The root ق-ط-ط carries the idea of a single clean crosswise cut. In classical texts the word most often describes the trimming of a reed pen's point. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Indo-European root.
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