*katVb-: 'to write, inscribe'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*katVb-
Meaning'to write, inscribe'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabickataba 'to write' (BK 2, 858)BK 2, 858
Ugariticktb (DULAT 463)DULAT 463gloss withheld
Phoenicianktb (Krahmalkov 245); ktb (T 150)Krahmalkov 245; T 150gloss withheld
Hebrewkātab (HALOT 503)HALOT 503gloss withheld
Aramaicʾaktābū(t) (OLA80 §42.9); ktwb (DNWSI 547)OLA80 §42.9; DNWSI 547gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicmktbʾ (HALOT 582)HALOT 582gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmaktᵉbā (HALOT 582)HALOT 582gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic ktb (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 91); Dadanitic ktb (Al-Jallad 2026, 84)Al-Jallad–Jaworska 91; Al-Jallad 2026 84gloss withheld
PunicN.Pu. ktbt (T 150); mktb (DNWSI 626)T 150; DNWSI 626gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaicktb (HALOT BArm. s.v. כתב)HALOT BArm. s.v. כתבgloss withheld

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Notes

Geez kataba 'write down, write, register' (CDG 297; < Ar). Cf. 3437 *ktb 'to pierce, prick, sew; awl' (Syr. maktbā 'awl').

Updated 22 October 2026

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