قطع

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قطع^¹

/qa.tˤa.ʕa/
/qatˤ.tˤa.ʕa/
/qatˤʕ/

Where it comes from

Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou reckons this verb a borrowing from Aramaic קְטַע / ܩܛܰܥ (qṭaʕ), while جَدَعَ (jadaʕa) would be the original. For related native terms see قَتَّ (qatta).

verb قَطَعَ · qaṭaʕa · يَقْطَعُ · قَطْع · قَاطِع

to cut, to break
to stop, to cease
to cut off
to be certain

Similar: بَتَرَ, جَزَمَ, بَتَّ

verb قَطَّعَ · qaṭṭaʕa · يُقَطِّعُ · تَقْطِيع · مُقَطِّع

to cut into strips, to snithe into slices
to cut, to wound with a knife فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَأً وَآتَتْ كُلَّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ ۖ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُ أَكْبَرْنَهُ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ

noun قَطْع · qaṭʕ · الْقَطْع · قَطْعٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of قَطَعَ (qaṭaʕa) (form I)

قطع^²

/qa.tˤaʕ/

noun قَطَع · qaṭaʕ · قَطَعَة · قَطَعَات · الْقَطَع

collective stump

قطع^³

/qitˤʕ/

noun قِطْع · qiṭʕ · قِطَاع · أَقْطُع · أَقْطَاع

twig cut off at the end
a short but broad cusp of an arrow وَلَيْلَةِ نَحْسٍ يَصْطَلِيَ القَوْسَ رَبُّهَا … وَأَقْطُعَهُ ٱللَّاتِي بِهَا يَتَنَبَّلُ دَعَسْتُ عَلَى غَطَشٍ وَبَغْشٍ وَصُحْبَتِي … سُعَارٌ وَإِرْزِيزٌ وَوَجْرٌ وَأَفْكُلُ

noun قِطْع · qiṭʕ · قُطُوع · أَقْطَاع · الْقِطْع

rug laid upon a camel the ends of which cover its shoulderblades

noun قِطْع · qiṭʕ · أَقْطَاع · الْقِطْع

fief given by a prince to one of his servants for usufruct

قطع^⁴

/qu.tˤaʕ/
/qi.tˤaʕ/

noun قُطَع · quṭaʕ

plural plural of قُطْعَة (quṭʕa)

noun قِطَع · qiṭaʕ

plural plural of قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa)

Thesaurus

verb

Similar: بَتَرَ, جَزَمَ, بَتَّ

In English

cut to divide with a sharp instrument
slit cut a narrow opening
sever to cut free
slice to cut into slices
amputation surgical removal of a limb
cut off to remove via cutting — see also cut, sever, truncate, crop
truncate shorten something as if by cutting off part of it

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"قطع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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قطع. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9

Chicago

"قطع." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قطع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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