قتال

See also: قبال

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

قِتَال • (qitāl) m (usually uncountable)

  1. verbal noun of قَاتَلَ (qātala) (form III)
  2. fighting, battle, warfare

Declension

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: قتال (kıtal)
    • Turkish: kıtal
  • → South Levantine Arabic: قتال (qitāl) (semi-learned)

Adjective

قَتَّال • (qattāl) (feminine قَتَّالَة (qattāla), masculine plural قَتَّالُونَ (qattālūna), feminine plural قَتَّالَات (qattālāt))

  1. someone who kills many people
  2. very deadly
    سُمٌّ قَتَّال ― summun qattāl ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Synonyms

  • فَتَّاك (fattāk)
  • سَفَّاح (saffāḥ, “a person who sheds a lot of blood”)

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ت ل
3 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic قِتَال (qitāl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔi.taːl/, [ʔ(ɪ)ˈtæːl]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡtaːl/, [ɡ(ɪ)ˈtæːl]
  • (file)

Noun

قتال • (qitāl, ʔitāl) m

  1. struggle, battle
  2. fight, squabble, quarrel
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