و ك أ Root w-k-ʾ in the Qur’an 11 occurrences in 11 verses
- Occurrences
- 11
- Verses
- 11
- Surahs
- 10 of 114
- Words
- 4
Most Arabic words are built from a root of three letters, and words from one root share a core meaning. In the Qur’an, the root و ك أ (w-k-ʾ) gives 4 words. It appears most in Ar-Rahman (2), Yusuf (1), Al-Kahf (1).
Words from this root
Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.
| Word | Type | Times | Translated as |
|---|---|---|---|
| مُتَّكِئ | noun | 8 | reclining |
| أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ | verb | 1 | I lean |
| مُتَّكَأ | noun | 1 | banquet |
| يَتَّكِئُ | verb | 1 | they recline |
مُتَّكِئ 8 times
- 18:31 · Al-Kahfمُّتَّكِـِٔينَ recliningThose will have gardens of perpetual residence; beneath them rivers will flow. They will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and will wear green garments of fine silk and brocade, reclining therein on adorned couches. Excellent is the reward, and good is the resting place.
- 36:56 · Ya-Sinمُتَّكِـُٔونَ recliningThey and their spouses - in shade, reclining on adorned couches.
- 38:51 · Sadمُتَّكِـِٔينَ RecliningReclining within them, they will call therein for abundant fruit and drink.
- 52:20 · At-Turمُتَّكِـِٔينَ RecliningThey will be reclining on thrones lined up, and We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes.
- 55:54 · Ar-Rahmanمُتَّكِـِٔينَ Reclining[They are] reclining on beds whose linings are of silk brocade, and the fruit of the two gardens is hanging low.
- 55:76 · Ar-Rahmanمُتَّكِـِٔينَ RecliningReclining on green cushions and beautiful fine carpets.
- 56:16 · Al-Waqi'ahمُّتَّكِـِٔينَ RecliningReclining on them, facing each other.
- 76:13 · Al-Insanمُّتَّكِـِٔينَ Reclining[They will be] reclining therein on adorned couches. They will not see therein any [burning] sun or [freezing] cold.
أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ 1 time
- 20:18 · Ta-Haأَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ I leanHe said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."
مُتَّكَأ 1 time
- 12:31 · Yusufمُتَّكَـًۭٔا a banquetSo when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when they saw him, they greatly admired him and cut their hands and said, "Perfect is Allah! This is not a man; this is none but a noble angel."
يَتَّكِئُ 1 time
- 43:34 · Az-Zukhrufيَتَّكِـُٔونَ they reclineAnd for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline
How we count
Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.
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