Morphology Explorer — كتب

ktb

Root analysis: 321 occurrences across 279 verses in the Quran

كتب
ktb
321
Total Occurrences
279
Verses
61
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Noun ×270 Verb ×51

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Word Forms in the Quran 61

ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba 78 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi 78 كِتَٰبٌ kitaabun 16 كِتَٰبٍ kitaabin 15 كُتِبَ kutiba 13 كِتَٰبًا kitaabana 12 ٱلْكِتَٰبُ lkitaabu 8 كَتَبَ kataba 8 وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ walkitaabi 6 كِتَٰبِ kitaabi 6 يَكْتُبُونَ yaktubuna 5 كِتَٰبَ kitaaba 5 كِتَٰبَهُۥ kitaabahu 5 بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ bilkitaabi 4 وَكُتُبِهِۦ wakutubihi 3 كَتَبْنَا katabnaa 3 بِكِتَٰبٍ bikitaabin 3 وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ walkitaaba 3 كَاتِبٌ kaatibun 2 فَٱكْتُبْنَا faktubnaa 2 سَنَكْتُبُ sanaktubu 2 وَكَتَبْنَا wakatabnaa 2 كِتَٰبُ kitaabu 2 كِتَابٌ kitaabun 2 كِتَٰبِيَهْ kitaabiah 2 كَتَبَتْ katabat 1 فَٱكْتُبُوهُ faktubuhu 1 وَلْيَكْتُب walyaktub 1 كَاتِبٌۢ kaatibun 1 يَكْتُبَ yaktuba 1 +31 more

Quranic Concordance 321

Every occurrence of the root كتب in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:2 ٱلْكِتَٰبُ lkitaabu book, scripture Noun Noun
2:44 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:53 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:78 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:79 يَكْتُبُونَ yaktubuna (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:79 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:79 كَتَبَتْ katabat (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:85 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:87 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:89 كِتَٰبٌ kitaabun book, scripture Noun Noun
2:101 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:101 كِتَٰبَ kitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:105 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:109 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:113 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:121 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:129 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:144 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:145 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:146 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:151 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:159 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:174 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:176 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:176 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:177 وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ walkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:178 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:180 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:183 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:183 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:187 كَتَبَ kataba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:213 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
2:216 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:231 ٱلْكِتَٰبِ lkitaabi book, scripture Noun Noun
2:235 ٱلْكِتَٰبُ lkitaabu book, scripture Noun Noun
2:246 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:246 كُتِبَ kutiba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 فَٱكْتُبُوهُ faktubuhu (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 وَلْيَكْتُب walyaktub (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 كَاتِبٌۢ kaatibun book, scripture Noun Noun
2:282 كَاتِبٌ kaatibun book, scripture Noun Noun
2:282 يَكْتُبَ yaktuba (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 فَلْيَكْتُبْ falyaktub (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 تَكْتُبُوهُ taktubuhu (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 تَكْتُبُوهَا taktubuhaa (v.) book, scripture Verb V
2:282 كَاتِبٌ kaatibun book, scripture Noun Noun
2:283 كَاتِبًا kaatibana book, scripture Noun Noun
2:285 وَكُتُبِهِۦ wakutubihi book, scripture Noun Noun
3:3 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
3:7 ٱلْكِتَٰبَ lkitaaba book, scripture Noun Noun
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