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Root k-t-b

Ugaritic ↔ Arabic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —𐎋-𐎚-𐎁↔ k-t-b. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎚-𐎁
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbverb
    to write
  • 𐎋𐎚𐎁ktbnoun
    document
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Arabic

ar
root: k-t-b
  • كَتَبَkatabaverb☪︎ Q.2:2
    to mark (symbols, shapes, graphs, glyphs, letters, and the like) on a surface, to write, to inscribe
  • كَتْبkatbnoun☪︎ Q.2:2
    verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba)
  • أَكْتَبَʔaktabaverb☪︎ Q.2:2
    to dictate something to, to make someone write
  • أَكْتُبُʔaktubuverb☪︎ Q.2:2
  • أُكَتِّبُʔukattibuverb☪︎ Q.2:2
  • كِتَابkitābnoun☪︎ Q.2:2
    verbal noun of كَتَبَ (kataba) (form I)
  • مَكْتَبmaktabnoun☪︎ Q.2:2
    maktab, elementary school
  • إِكْتَابʔiktābnoun☪︎ Q.2:2
    verbal noun of أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba) (form IV)
Canonical root family: k-t-b