مُقَاتِلٌ Muqatil in Arabic
مُقَاتِلٌ is how you say “Muqatil” in Arabic.
Root ق ت ل q-t-l. noun (active participle, form III). muqātil.
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Meaning of Muqatil in Arabic
- fighter, combatant one who engages another in fighting or battle
- warrior, soldier
Example sentence
وفيه قول ثالث قال مقاتل إن شئت رددته من الكبر إلى الشباب ومن الشباب إلى الصبا إلى النطفة
And there is a third opinion by Muqatil, who said that if He wills, He can return him from old age to youth, from youth to childhood, and to the sperm-drop.
مُقَاتِلٌ Muqatil
This is the proper name standing as the subject of 'said', indefinite in form as a name, identifying the speaker quoted.
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How it is used
Muqātil is the active participle of the Form III verb qātala, "to fight or contend with someone in battle," so it denotes the person doing that fighting rather than the killing itself.
Words from the same root
Common questions
- How do you say "fighter" in Arabic?
- مُقَاتِل (muqātil), from the root ق-ت-ل via the verb qātala, 'to fight.'
- What is the root of مقاتل and what does it mean?
- It comes from ق-ت-ل (q-t-l), the root behind 'to kill, slay'; muqātil specifically means one who fights or does battle.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).