خاطب

See also: حاطت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
خ ط ب (ḵ-ṭ-b)

Derived from the active participle of خَطَبَ (ḵaṭaba, “to propose to a woman (by a man or matchmaker), to give in marriage”).

Noun

خَاطِب • (ḵāṭib) m (plural خُطَّاب (ḵuṭṭāb) or خَاطِبُون (ḵāṭibūn), feminine خَاطِبَة (ḵāṭiba))

suitor (someone who asks a woman to marry him)
matchmaker
someone who promises his child in marriage
fiancé
speaker, preacher, orator
(Islam) deliverer of a khutbah
person in grammar

Declension

Declension of noun خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاطِب ḵāṭib	الْخَاطِب al-ḵāṭib	خَاطِب ḵāṭib
Nominative	خَاطِبٌ ḵāṭibun	الْخَاطِبُ al-ḵāṭibu	خَاطِبُ ḵāṭibu
Accusative	خَاطِبًا ḵāṭiban	الْخَاطِبَ al-ḵāṭiba	خَاطِبَ ḵāṭiba
Genitive	خَاطِبٍ ḵāṭibin	الْخَاطِبِ al-ḵāṭibi	خَاطِبِ ḵāṭibi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَاطِبَيْن ḵāṭibayn	الْخَاطِبَيْن al-ḵāṭibayn	خَاطِبَيْ ḵāṭibay
Nominative	خَاطِبَانِ ḵāṭibāni	الْخَاطِبَانِ al-ḵāṭibāni	خَاطِبَا ḵāṭibā
Accusative	خَاطِبَيْنِ ḵāṭibayni	الْخَاطِبَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibayni	خَاطِبَيْ ḵāṭibay
Genitive	خَاطِبَيْنِ ḵāṭibayni	الْخَاطِبَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibayni	خَاطِبَيْ ḵāṭibay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُطَّاب‎; خَاطِبِين ḵuṭṭāb‎; ḵāṭibīn	الْخُطَّاب‎; الْخَاطِبِين al-ḵuṭṭāb‎; al-ḵāṭibīn	خُطَّاب‎; خَاطِبِي ḵuṭṭāb‎; ḵāṭibī
Nominative	خُطَّابٌ‎; خَاطِبُونَ ḵuṭṭābun‎; ḵāṭibūna	الْخُطَّابُ‎; الْخَاطِبُونَ al-ḵuṭṭābu‎; al-ḵāṭibūna	خُطَّابُ‎; خَاطِبُو ḵuṭṭābu‎; ḵāṭibū
Accusative	خُطَّابًا‎; خَاطِبِينَ ḵuṭṭāban‎; ḵāṭibīna	الْخُطَّابَ‎; الْخَاطِبِينَ al-ḵuṭṭāba‎; al-ḵāṭibīna	خُطَّابَ‎; خَاطِبِي ḵuṭṭāba‎; ḵāṭibī
Genitive	خُطَّابٍ‎; خَاطِبِينَ ḵuṭṭābin‎; ḵāṭibīna	الْخُطَّابِ‎; الْخَاطِبِينَ al-ḵuṭṭābi‎; al-ḵāṭibīna	خُطَّابِ‎; خَاطِبِي ḵuṭṭābi‎; ḵāṭibī

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “خاطب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خاطب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “خاطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

خَاطِب • (ḵāṭib) (masculine plural خُطَّاب (ḵuṭṭāb) or خَاطِبُون (ḵāṭibūn))

betrothed, engaged
promising one's child in marriage

Declension

Declension of adjective خَاطِب (ḵāṭib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاطِب ḵāṭib	الْخَاطِب al-ḵāṭib	خَاطِبَة ḵāṭiba	الْخَاطِبَة al-ḵāṭiba
Nominative	خَاطِبٌ ḵāṭibun	الْخَاطِبُ al-ḵāṭibu	خَاطِبَةٌ ḵāṭibatun	الْخَاطِبَةُ al-ḵāṭibatu
Accusative	خَاطِبًا ḵāṭiban	الْخَاطِبَ al-ḵāṭiba	خَاطِبَةً ḵāṭibatan	الْخَاطِبَةَ al-ḵāṭibata
Genitive	خَاطِبٍ ḵāṭibin	الْخَاطِبِ al-ḵāṭibi	خَاطِبَةٍ ḵāṭibatin	الْخَاطِبَةِ al-ḵāṭibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَاطِبَيْن ḵāṭibayn	الْخَاطِبَيْن al-ḵāṭibayn	خَاطِبَتَيْن ḵāṭibatayn	الْخَاطِبَتَيْن al-ḵāṭibatayn
Nominative	خَاطِبَانِ ḵāṭibāni	الْخَاطِبَانِ al-ḵāṭibāni	خَاطِبَتَانِ ḵāṭibatāni	الْخَاطِبَتَانِ al-ḵāṭibatāni
Accusative	خَاطِبَيْنِ ḵāṭibayni	الْخَاطِبَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibayni	خَاطِبَتَيْنِ ḵāṭibatayni	الْخَاطِبَتَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibatayni
Genitive	خَاطِبَيْنِ ḵāṭibayni	الْخَاطِبَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibayni	خَاطِبَتَيْنِ ḵāṭibatayni	الْخَاطِبَتَيْنِ al-ḵāṭibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خُطَّاب‎; خَاطِبِين ḵuṭṭāb‎; ḵāṭibīn	الْخُطَّاب‎; الْخَاطِبِين al-ḵuṭṭāb‎; al-ḵāṭibīn	خَاطِبَات ḵāṭibāt	الْخَاطِبَات al-ḵāṭibāt
Nominative	خُطَّابٌ‎; خَاطِبُونَ ḵuṭṭābun‎; ḵāṭibūna	الْخُطَّابُ‎; الْخَاطِبُونَ al-ḵuṭṭābu‎; al-ḵāṭibūna	خَاطِبَاتٌ ḵāṭibātun	الْخَاطِبَاتُ al-ḵāṭibātu
Accusative	خُطَّابًا‎; خَاطِبِينَ ḵuṭṭāban‎; ḵāṭibīna	الْخُطَّابَ‎; الْخَاطِبِينَ al-ḵuṭṭāba‎; al-ḵāṭibīna	خَاطِبَاتٍ ḵāṭibātin	الْخَاطِبَاتِ al-ḵāṭibāti
Genitive	خُطَّابٍ‎; خَاطِبِينَ ḵuṭṭābin‎; ḵāṭibīna	الْخُطَّابِ‎; الْخَاطِبِينَ al-ḵuṭṭābi‎; al-ḵāṭibīna	خَاطِبَاتٍ ḵāṭibātin	الْخَاطِبَاتِ al-ḵāṭibāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “خاطب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

Verb

خَاطَبَ • (ḵāṭaba) III, non-past يُخَاطِبُ‎ (yuḵāṭibu)

to address

Conjugation

Conjugation of

خَاطَبَ

(form-III sound)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر					خِطَاب or مُخَاطَبَة ḵiṭāb or muḵāṭaba
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُخَاطِب muḵāṭib
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُخَاطَب muḵāṭab
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خَاطَبْتُ ḵāṭabtu	خَاطَبْتَ ḵāṭabta	خَاطَبَ ḵāṭaba	خَاطَبْتُمَا ḵāṭabtumā	خَاطَبَا ḵāṭabā	خَاطَبْنَا ḵāṭabnā	خَاطَبْتُمْ ḵāṭabtum	خَاطَبُوا ḵāṭabū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	خَاطَبْتُ ḵāṭabtu	خَاطَبْتِ ḵāṭabti	خَاطَبَتْ ḵāṭabat	خَاطَبْتُمَا ḵāṭabtumā	خَاطَبَتَا ḵāṭabatā	خَاطَبْنَا ḵāṭabnā	خَاطَبْتُنَّ ḵāṭabtunna	خَاطَبْنَ ḵāṭabna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُخَاطِبُ ʔuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبُ tuḵāṭibu	يُخَاطِبُ yuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبَانِ tuḵāṭibāni	يُخَاطِبَانِ yuḵāṭibāni	نُخَاطِبُ nuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبُونَ tuḵāṭibūna	يُخَاطِبُونَ yuḵāṭibūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُخَاطِبُ ʔuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبِينَ tuḵāṭibīna	تُخَاطِبُ tuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبَانِ tuḵāṭibāni	تُخَاطِبَانِ tuḵāṭibāni	نُخَاطِبُ nuḵāṭibu	تُخَاطِبْنَ tuḵāṭibna	يُخَاطِبْنَ yuḵāṭibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَاطِبَ ʔuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبَ tuḵāṭiba	يُخَاطِبَ yuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	يُخَاطِبَا yuḵāṭibā	نُخَاطِبَ nuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبُوا tuḵāṭibū	يُخَاطِبُوا yuḵāṭibū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُخَاطِبَ ʔuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبِي tuḵāṭibī	تُخَاطِبَ tuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	نُخَاطِبَ nuḵāṭiba	تُخَاطِبْنَ tuḵāṭibna	يُخَاطِبْنَ yuḵāṭibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَاطِبْ ʔuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبْ tuḵāṭib	يُخَاطِبْ yuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	يُخَاطِبَا yuḵāṭibā	نُخَاطِبْ nuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبُوا tuḵāṭibū	يُخَاطِبُوا yuḵāṭibū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُخَاطِبْ ʔuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبِي tuḵāṭibī	تُخَاطِبْ tuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	تُخَاطِبَا tuḵāṭibā	نُخَاطِبْ nuḵāṭib	تُخَاطِبْنَ tuḵāṭibna	يُخَاطِبْنَ yuḵāṭibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		خَاطِبْ ḵāṭib		خَاطِبَا ḵāṭibā			خَاطِبُوا ḵāṭibū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		خَاطِبِي ḵāṭibī		خَاطِبَا ḵāṭibā			خَاطِبْنَ ḵāṭibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	خُوطِبْتُ ḵūṭibtu	خُوطِبْتَ ḵūṭibta	خُوطِبَ ḵūṭiba	خُوطِبْتُمَا ḵūṭibtumā	خُوطِبَا ḵūṭibā	خُوطِبْنَا ḵūṭibnā	خُوطِبْتُمْ ḵūṭibtum	خُوطِبُوا ḵūṭibū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	خُوطِبْتُ ḵūṭibtu	خُوطِبْتِ ḵūṭibti	خُوطِبَتْ ḵūṭibat	خُوطِبْتُمَا ḵūṭibtumā	خُوطِبَتَا ḵūṭibatā	خُوطِبْنَا ḵūṭibnā	خُوطِبْتُنَّ ḵūṭibtunna	خُوطِبْنَ ḵūṭibna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُخَاطَبُ ʔuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبُ tuḵāṭabu	يُخَاطَبُ yuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبَانِ tuḵāṭabāni	يُخَاطَبَانِ yuḵāṭabāni	نُخَاطَبُ nuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبُونَ tuḵāṭabūna	يُخَاطَبُونَ yuḵāṭabūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُخَاطَبُ ʔuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبِينَ tuḵāṭabīna	تُخَاطَبُ tuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبَانِ tuḵāṭabāni	تُخَاطَبَانِ tuḵāṭabāni	نُخَاطَبُ nuḵāṭabu	تُخَاطَبْنَ tuḵāṭabna	يُخَاطَبْنَ yuḵāṭabna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُخَاطَبَ ʔuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبَ tuḵāṭaba	يُخَاطَبَ yuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	يُخَاطَبَا yuḵāṭabā	نُخَاطَبَ nuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبُوا tuḵāṭabū	يُخَاطَبُوا yuḵāṭabū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُخَاطَبَ ʔuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبِي tuḵāṭabī	تُخَاطَبَ tuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	نُخَاطَبَ nuḵāṭaba	تُخَاطَبْنَ tuḵāṭabna	يُخَاطَبْنَ yuḵāṭabna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُخَاطَبْ ʔuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبْ tuḵāṭab	يُخَاطَبْ yuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	يُخَاطَبَا yuḵāṭabā	نُخَاطَبْ nuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبُوا tuḵāṭabū	يُخَاطَبُوا yuḵāṭabū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُخَاطَبْ ʔuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبِي tuḵāṭabī	تُخَاطَبْ tuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	تُخَاطَبَا tuḵāṭabā	نُخَاطَبْ nuḵāṭab	تُخَاطَبْنَ tuḵāṭabna	يُخَاطَبْنَ yuḵāṭabna

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic خَاطِب (ḵāṭib).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ˈtiβ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.t̪ʰɪ́b]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.t̪ʰíb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.t̪ʰéb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.t̪ʰíb]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xātiḇ
Dari reading^?	xātib
Iranian reading^?	xâteb
Tajik reading^?	xotib

Noun


Iranian Persian	خاطب
Dari	خاطب
Tajik	хотиб

خاطب • (xâteb)

(Islam) preacher
speaker

South Levantine Arabic

Root
خ ط ب
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic خَاطِب (ḵāṭib). Equivalent to the active participle of خطب (ḵaṭab, “to get engaged”) .

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaː.tˤib/, [ˈxɑː.tˤɪb]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)

Adjective

خاطب • (ḵāṭeb) (feminine خاطبة (ḵāṭbe), common plural خاطبين (ḵāṭbīn))

engaged

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