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qātil

murderer, assassin

قاتِل

Word

Noun · pattern فاعِل

Root

ق ت ل

Forms

Plurals
قُتّال، قَتَلَة

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وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ لِلَّهِ ۖ فَإِنِ انْتَهَوْا فَلَا عُدْوَانَ إِلَّا عَلَى الظَّالِمِينَ

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • قَتَلَ الشَّىْءَ Form I He knew the thing; he was, or became, acquainted with it
    , inf. n. قَتْلٌ, (assumed tropical:) He knew the thing; he was, or became, acquainted with it: (Msb:) [or rather, i. q.] قَتَلَهُ عِلْمًا, (Bd in iv. 156, and TA,) and خُبْرًا, (K,) and بِعِلْمِهِ, (Bd, ubi supra,) he knew it (Bd, K, TA) completely, (TA,) or thoroughly, very well, or superlatively well; as also نَحَرَهُ عِلْمًا. (Bd.) See أَثْبَتَ الشَّىْء مَعْرِفَةً in art. ثبت.
  • قَتَّلَ Form II Open entry
    : see a verse cited in art. عتب, conj. 4.
  • قَاتَلَهُ Form III He fought, or combated, him; contended with him in fight or conflict or battle
    He fought, or combated, him; contended with him in fight or conflict or battle. قَاتَلَ عَلَى دِيِن ٱللّٰهِ: see 3 in art. ازى.
  • تَقَتَّلَتْ لَهُ Form V Open entry
    means تَخَضَّعَتْ لَهُ وَتَذَلَّلَتْ حَتَّى عَشِقَهَا. (A.)
  • اِسْتَقْتَلَ Form X He sought, or courted, slaughter
    [properly He sought, or courted, slaughter;] i. q. اِسْتَمَاتَ; (S, K;) meaning he cared not for death, by reason of his courage; (JM;) he resigned and subjected himself to slaughter, and cared not for death. (Mgh.)
  • قَتْلٌ Open entry
    : from this word is formed the pl. قُتُولٌ, on the authority of hearsay. (El-Jurjánee, in Msb, art. قصد.)
  • قَتَّالٌ Murderous; slaughterous; very deadly
    [Murderous; slaughterous; very deadly.] You say حَيَّةٌ قَتَّالَهٌ [A very deadly serpent]. (TA in art. اصل.)
  • قَاتِلٌ Deadly
    Deadly; applied to a tree; (K in art. خمط;) and to poison. (TA in that art.)
  • مَقْتَلٌ vital
    A [vital] place in a man [or an animal, i. e.] where a wound causes death; (S, Msb;) as the temple: (Msb:) pl. مَقَاتِلُ. (S.)
  • وَلِنِّى مَقَاتِلَكَ Open entry
    means حَوِّلْ إِلَىَّ وَجْهَكَ. (A.)
  • مُسْتَقْتِلٌ Open entry
    : see مُسْتَمِيتٌ.

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