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كاتِب

writer /ˈkaː.tib/

nounB1#1909 most common

Also: author, clerk, scribe

Example sentences

هٰذا كاتِبٌ.
This is a writer.
أَبي كاتِبٌ مَشهورٌ.
My father is a famous writer.
يَعمَلُ أَخي كاتِباً في الجَريدةِ.
My brother works as a writer at the newspaper.
قابَلْتُ الكاتِبَ الَّذي أَلَّفَ هٰذِهِ الرِّوايةَ.
I met the writer who wrote this novel.
يُعتَبَرُ هٰذا الكاتِبُ مِن أَبرَزِ كُتّابِ جيلِهِ.
This writer is considered one of the most prominent writers of his generation.
لا يَكفي أَن يَكونَ المَرءُ كاتِباً بارِعاً، بَل عَلَيهِ أَن يَحمِلَ رِسالةً صادِقةً.
It is not enough for a person to be a skilled writer; he must also carry a sincere message.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeكاتِبٌكاتِبونَ / كُتّابٌ
Genitiveكاتِبٍكاتِبينَ / كُتّابٍ
Accusativeكاتِباًكاتِبينَ / كُتّاباً
Vocativeيا كاتِبُيا كاتِبونَ

Word family

كَتَبَto write
كِتابbook
مَكْتَبةlibrary, bookshop
كِتابةwriting, script
كاتِبةfemale writer

Etymology

The word is the active participle of the verb كَتَبَ, "to write." It draws on the Semitic root k-t-b, which governs a wide family of words tied to writing and books. So a كاتِب is literally "one who writes."

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