يَكْتُبُ to write in Arabic
يَكْتُبُ is how you say “to write” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ الْكِتَابَ الْعَرَبِيَّ
He was writing the book in Arabic.
يَكْتُبُ writing
A present-tense verb that, under the framing 'was', yields a past-continuous 'was writing', describing a habitual activity; its 'he' subject is folded in. So the pairing of 'was' plus present is how Arabic says 'used to write'.
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More example sentences
وَيَكْتُبُ مِنَ الْإِنْجِيلِ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ،
And he would write from the Gospel into Arabic whatever God willed him to write.
وَيَكْتُبُ and he writes
The wa- continues the description, and the present verb keeps the habitual sense under the earlier framing, 'and he used to write'; its 'he' subject is folded in. So it adds another ongoing past activity to the portrait of the man.
لِكَثْرَةِ دَوْرِ ذَلِكَ فَتَرَاهُ إِمَّا يَكْتُبُ الأَسْمَاءَ حَالَ السَّمَاعِ ،
Because that happens so often, you will then see him either write the names at the moment of hearing.
يَكْتُبُ he writes
A present-tense verb, third-person singular, 'he' built into its prefix. It is the first option after 'either', describing one of the things you might catch him doing, paired with the alternatives introduced by 'or'.
أَوْ يَكْتُبُ طِبَاقًا ،
or writes it in duplicate,
يَكْتُبُ he writes
A present-tense verb, third-person singular, the doer 'he' in its prefix. It is one more option after 'or', the act of writing among the alternatives the sentence runs through.
فَقَالَ أُكْتُبْهُ لِي، قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَكْتُبُ هَذَا الأَحْدَاثُ،
He said, "Write it for me." I said, "May God set you right; only young people write this."
يُكْتَبُ writes
A present-tense verb whose subject is built into its shape, stating a general habit. Under the 'only' restriction before it, it frames 'only X writes this', the verb carrying the action while the restriction narrows the doer.