Semitic root
Triconsonantal roots
Columns: Semitological abbreviation | Hebrew name | Arabic name | Morphological category | Hebrew Form | Arabic form | Approximate translation
G verb stem | Pa‘al (or Qal) | fa‘ala فَعَلَ (Stem I) | 3rd. masc. sing perfect | kataḇ כתב | kataba كتب | "he wrote" | G verb stem | Pa‘al (or Qal) | fa‘ala فَعَلَ (Stem I) | 1st. plur. perfect | kataḇnu כתבנו | katabnā كتبنا | "we wrote" | G verb stem | Pa‘al (or Qal) | fa‘ala فَعَلَ (Stem I) | 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect | yiḵtoḇ יכתוב | yaktubu يكتب | "he writes, will write" | G verb stem | Pa‘al (or Qal) | fa‘ala فَعَلَ (Stem I) | 1st. plur. imperfect | niḵtoḇ נכתוב | naktubu نكتب | "we write, will write" | G verb stem | Pa‘al (or Qal) | fa‘ala فَعَلَ (Stem I) | masc. sing. active participle | koteḇ כותב | kātib كاتب | "writer" | Š verb stem | Hip̄‘il | af‘ala أَفْعَلَ (Stem IV) | 3rd. masc. sing perfect | hiḵtiḇ הכתיב | aktaba أكتب | "he dictated" | Š verb stem | Hip̄‘il | af‘ala أَفْعَلَ (Stem IV) | 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect | yaḵtiḇ יכתיב | yuktibu يكتب | "he dictates, will dictate" | Št(D) verb stem | Hitpa‘‘el | istaf‘ala استَفْعَلَ (Stem X) | 3rd. masc. sing. imperfect | yitkatteḇ יתכתב | yastaktibu يستكتب | (imperfect of above)