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قتك

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of treacherous killing or assassination, often involving surprise and betrayal. It describes the perpetrator as bold and the act itself as a violation of trust.

Derived headwords

الفاتكadjective
  1. 1.
    Bold, audaciousboth

    Describing someone who is daring and brave, particularly in a way that might be considered reckless or aggressive.

الفتاكnoun
  1. 1.
    The bold onesclassical

    The plural form of 'al-fātik', referring to multiple individuals who are bold or audacious.

الفتكnoun
  1. 1.
    Treachery, assassinationboth

    The act of attacking one's companion or associate by surprise while they are unaware and unsuspecting, and killing them.

فتكverb
  1. 1.
    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrahboth

    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrah

  2. 2.
    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')both

    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')

يفتكverb
  1. 1.
    He assassinateboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'fataka', indicating the ongoing or habitual action of assassinating or betraying and killing.

فتكverb
  1. 1.
    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrahboth

    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrah

  2. 2.
    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')both

    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')

فتكverb
  1. 1.
    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrahboth

    killing by surprise, with the 'fa' having fathah, dhammah, or kasrah

  2. 2.
    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')both

    he attacked by surprise (with both dhammah and kasrah on the 'ta')

يفتكverb
  1. 1.
    He assassinate (variant pronunciation)classical

    The present tense form corresponding to the variant pronunciation of the verb 'fataka'.

Parallel reading

الفاتك: الجرئ
Al-fātik: the bold.
والجمع الفتاك
And the plural is al-fattāk.
والفتك: أن يأتي الرجل صاحبه وهو غار غافل حتى يشد عليه فيقتله
And al-fatk: is when a man comes upon his companion while he is unaware and heedless, until he attacks him and kills him.
وفيه ثلاث لغات: فتك، وفتك، وفتك، مثل ود وود وود، وزعم وزعم وزعم
And it has three pronunciations: fataka, fataka, and fataka, like wadda, wadda, and wadda, and za'ama, za'ama, and za'ama.
وقد فتك به يفتك ويفتك
And he has performed al-fatk upon him, he assassinates and he assassinates.
وفي الحديث: " قيد الإيمان الفتك، لا يفتك مؤمن "
And in the hadith: 'Faith restrains al-fatk; a believer does not commit al-fatk.'