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مَكْتُوب
written /makˈtuːb/
adjectiveB1#1676 most common
Also: fated, destined, a letter
Example sentences
هٰذا مَكْتُوب هُنا.
This is written here.
اِسْمي مَكْتُوب عَلى الباب.
My name is written on the door.
السِّعْر مَكْتُوب عَلى الوَرَقة.
The price is written on the paper.
كُلّ شَيْء مَكْتُوب في العَقْد.
Everything is written in the contract.
ما هُوَ مَكْتُوب لَنا سَيَحْدُث مَهْما فَعَلْنا.
What is fated for us will happen no matter what we do.
كانَ مَكْتُوباً أَنْ نَلْتَقِيَ في ذٰلِكَ المَكان بِالذّات.
It was destined that we would meet in that very place.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَكْتُوبٌ | مَكْتُوبُونَ |
| Genitive | مَكْتُوبٍ | مَكْتُوبِينَ |
| Accusative | مَكْتُوباً | مَكْتُوبِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَكْتُوبُ | يا مَكْتُوبُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is the passive participle of the verb كَتَبَ, "to write," formed on the maf'ūl pattern. Its core sense is "written." In common speech it also means "fated" or "destined," from the idea that one's fate is written by God.
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