כתיבה

Hebrew

Root
כ־ת־ב (k-t-b)

Etymology

Compare Arabic كتابة.

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ktiˈva/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ksi.vɔ/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ketiˈva/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kæθiˈvɔ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kăθiˈvɔ/

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Noun

כְּתִיבָה • (ktivá) f (singular construct כְּתִיבַת־) [pattern: קְטִילָה]

1. writing (the process of representing a language with symbols or letters).

Derived terms

• כְּתִיבָה תַּמָּה (k'tivá tamá)
• מְכוֹנַת כְּתִיבָה f (mekhonát ktivá)

References

• “כתיבה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• כתיבה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he