قتل

العربية

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قتل^¹

/qa.ta.la/

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From Proto-West Semitic *ḳatal-. Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קָטַל (qɔṭal).

verb قَتَلَ · qatala · يَقْتُلُ · قَتْل · مَقْتَل

to kill, to slay, to murder مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا[…]
to mitigate, to alleviate
to mix, to dilute
to know, to master
to be cursed قُتِلَ أَصْحَابُ الْأُخْدُودِ

قتل^²

/qat.ta.la/

verb قَتَّلَ · qattala · يُقَتِّلُ · تَقْتِيل · مُقَتِّل

to kill, to massacre, to cause carnage وَإِذْ أَنْجَيْنَاكُمْ مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ ۖ يُقَتِّلُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ ۚ وَفِي ذَٰلِكُم بَلَاءٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ

قتل^³

/qatl/

noun قَتْل · qatl · الْقَتْل · قَتْلٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of قَتَلَ (qatala) (form I) قُلْ لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ ٱلْفِرَارُ إِن فَرَرْتُم مِنَ ٱلْمَوْتِ أَوِ ٱلْقَتْلِ وَإِذًا لَا تُمَتَّعُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا
killing, manslaughter, homicide, murder وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ ۖ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا

قتل^⁴

/qitl/

noun قِتْل · qitl · أَقْتَال · الْقِتْل

enemy, adversary, foe, opponent

In English

kill to put to death
slay to kill, murder
massacre to kill in considerable numbers
murder an act of deliberate killing
whack to kill
killing instance of someone being killed

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قتل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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