Root

ك-ت-م

ktm·k-t-m

21 occurrences20 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
كَتَمَkatama21

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ك-ت-م more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ك-ت-م falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ك-ت-م occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 20 of 604 pages (3%)

Densest in juzʾ 1 (4 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 205 pages — pages 126330, juzʾ 717.

Occurrences · 21 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ك-ت-م appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ك-ت-م (ktm) occurs 21 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 20 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ك-ت-م occur?

20 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ك-ت-م (ktm), out of 21 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ك-ت-م?

ك-ت-م (ktm) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently كَتَمَ (katama, 21×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.