كتب meaning

to write, to record, to decree, to ordain

With prepositions

• علىto make mandatory for …, to prescribe to …
• إلىto write to …

Verb forms

Example Sentences

• كَتَبَ الطَّالِبُ الدَّرْسَ.The student wrote the lesson.
• كَتَبَ الرَّسَالَةَ بِخَطٍّ جَمِيلٍ.He wrote the letter with beautiful handwriting.

to make write, to dictate, to have written

With prepositions

• بto have written with …
• لto have written for …

Verb forms

Example Sentences

• كَتَّبَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الطَّالِبَ الدَّرْسَ.The teacher made the student write the lesson.
• كَتَّبَ الرَّجُلُ رِسَالَةً إِلَى صَدِيقِهِ.The man had a letter written to his friend.

writer, clerk, scribe

Plural

كُتَّابٌ

Example Sentences

• هُوَ كَتِبٌ مَاهِرٌ.He is a skilled writer.
• رَأَيْتُ كَتِبًا فِي الْمَكْتَبَةِ.I saw a clerk in the library.

to make someone write, to cause to record, to dictate

With prepositions

• بto record with …, to write using …
• علىto make write upon …, to obligate to write

Verb forms

Example Sentences

• كَتَّبَ الْمُعَلِّمُ الطَّالِبَ الدَّرْسَ.The teacher made the student write the lesson.
• يُكَتِّبُ الْأَبُ ابْنَهُ الْوَاجِبَ.The father makes his son write the homework.

writing, act of writing

Verb forms

Example Sentences

• كَتْبُ الرِّسَالَةِ مُهِمٌّ.Writing the letter is important.
• أُحِبُّ كَتْبَ الْقِصَصِ.I love writing stories.

books, works, letters, writings, records

Example Sentences

• اِشْتَرَيْتُ كُتُبًا جَدِيدَةً.I bought new books.
• هَذِهِ كُتُبُ الْقَوَاعِدِ.These are the grammar books.

it was written, it was recorded, it was decreed, it was predestined

With prepositions

• عَلَىto be written on …, to be ordained for …
• لِto be written for …, to be destined for …

Verb forms

Example Sentences

• كُتِبَ الْكِتَابُ بِخَطٍّ جَمِيلٍ.The book was written in beautiful handwriting.
• كُتِبَ الْقَرَارُ فِي الْمَحْضَرِ.The decision was recorded in the minutes.