לכתוב – to write – Hebrew conjugation tables

Verb – PA'AL

Root: כ - ת - ב

This root does not have any special conjugation properties.

to write

Verb form	Person	Singular		Plural
Verb form	Person	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Present tense / Participle		כּוֹתֵב kotev I / you m. sg. / he / it write(s)	כּוֹתֶבֶת kotevet I / you f. sg. / she / it write(s)	כּוֹתְבִים kotvim we / you m. pl. / they m. write	כּוֹתְבוֹת kotvot we / you f. pl. / they f. write
Past tense	1st	כָּתַבְתִּי katavti I wrote		כָּתַבְנוּ katavnu we wrote
	2nd	כָּתַבְתָּ katavta you m. sg. wrote	כָּתַבְתְּ katavt you f. sg. wrote	כְּתַבְתֶּם ktavtem you m. pl. wrote The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: כָּתַבְתֶּם katavtem	כְּתַבְתֶּן ktavten you f. pl. wrote The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: כָּתַבְתֶּן katavten
	3rd	כָּתַב katav he / it wrote	כָּתְבָה katva she / it wrote	כָּתְבוּ katvu they wrote
Future tense	1st	אֶכְתֹּב ~ אכתוב echtov I will write		נִכְתֹּב ~ נכתוב nichtov we will write
	2nd	תִּכְתֹּב ~ תכתוב tichtov you m. sg. will write	תִּכְתְּבִי tichtevi you f. sg. will write	תִּכְתְּבוּ tichtevu you m. pl. will write	תִּכְתֹּבְנָה ~ תכתובנה tichtovna you f. pl. will write In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּכְתְּבוּ tichtevu
	3rd	יִכְתֹּב ~ יכתוב yichtov he / it will write	תִּכְתֹּב ~ תכתוב tichtov she / it will write	יִכְתְּבוּ yichtevu they m. will write	תִּכְתֹּבְנָה ~ תכתובנה tichtovna they f. will write In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִכְתְּבוּ yichtevu
Imperative		כְּתֹב!‏ ~ כתוב!‏ ktov! (to a man) write!	כִּתְבִי!‏ kitvi! (to a woman) write!	כִּתְבוּ!‏ kitvu! (to men) write!	כְּתֹבְנָה!‏ ~ כתובנה!‏ ktovna! (to women) write! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: כִּתְבוּ!‏ kitvu!
Infinitive		לִכְתֹּב ~ לכתוב lichtov to write

Word	Root	Part of speech	Meaning
הַכְתָּבָה hachtava	כ - ת - ב	Noun – haktala pattern, feminine	dictation
הִתְכַּתְּבוּת hitkatvut	כ - ת - ב	Noun – hitkattlut pattern, feminine	correspondence (by mail)
כַּתָּב katav	כ - ת - ב	Noun – kattal pattern, masculine	reporter, journalist
כְּתָב ktav	כ - ת - ב	Noun – ktal pattern, masculine	writing, script
לְהִיכָּתֵב lehikatev	כ - ת - ב	Verb – nif'al	to be written
לְכַתֵּב lechatev	כ - ת - ב	Verb – pi'el	to address; to add in address field (computer jargon); to engrave (biblical)
לְהַכְתִּיב lehachtiv	כ - ת - ב	Verb – hif'il	to dictate; to command
לְהִתְכַּתֵּב lehitkatev	כ - ת - ב	Verb – hitpa'el	to correspond, to exchange letters
כַּתָּבָה katava	כ - ת - ב	Noun – kattala pattern, feminine	report, article (journalism)
כַּתְבָן katvan	כ - ת - ב	Noun – katlan pattern, masculine	graphomaniac, pulp-writer
כָּתוּב katuv	כ - ת - ב	Adjective – katul pattern	written
כְּתוֹבֶת ktovet	כ - ת - ב	Noun – ktolet pattern, feminine	address
כְּתִיב ktiv	כ - ת - ב	Noun – ktil pattern, masculine	spelling, orthography
כְּתִיבָה ktiva	כ - ת - ב	Noun – ktila pattern, feminine	writing (process), recording
מִכְתָּב michtav	כ - ת - ב	Noun – miktal pattern, masculine	letter, message
תִּכְתּוֹבֶת tichtovet	כ - ת - ב	Noun – tiktolet pattern, feminine	correspondence, mail exchange
תַּכְתִּיב tachtiv	כ - ת - ב	Noun – taktil pattern, masculine	dictate, edict