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كَتَب

The he form

The dictionary form of a verb already means "he did it"

The past tense is the easiest thing in the language, and it starts with a freebie: the form used in the dictionary is he - past tense". No ending, nothing to add.

Keywords

  • verb
  • verb
  • verb
  • verb

So "كَتَب" is both to write and he wrote.

Phrases

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