Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
أبي
Parts of Speech
Verb (13×)
Qur'an Occurrences
13 times across 8 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root أبي across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root أبي (aby) primarily means to refuse, reject, or decline something, often with a sense of aversion or disdain.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ʾa-b-y
Listen: فَأَبَيْنَ 33:72
Root letters: أ — ب — ي

Word Family Tree (10 forms)

All word forms derived from the root أبي as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Verb 13×

Concordance — 13 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root أبي appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Verb (12)

Verb (12 verses — showing first 5)

The Rock, Stoneland, Rock City 15:31 Verb
إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ۝٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:89 Verb
وَلَقَدۡ صَرَّفۡنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِی هَـٰذَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلࣲ فَأَبَىٰۤ أَكۡثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورࣰا ۝٨٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We have certainly diversified for the people in this Qur'an from every [kind] of example, but most of the people refused [anything] except disbelief
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:99 Verb
۞ أَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِی خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَ ٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰۤ أَن یَخۡلُقَ مِثۡلَهُمۡ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمۡ أَجَلࣰا لَّا رَیۡبَ فِیهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورࣰا ۝٩٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Do they not see that Allah , who created the heavens and earth, is [the one] Able to create the likes of them? And He has appointed for them a term, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers refuse [anything] except disbelief
The Cave 18:77 Verb
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰۤ إِذَاۤ أَتَیَاۤ أَهۡلَ قَرۡیَةٍ ٱسۡتَطۡعَمَاۤ أَهۡلَهَا فَأَبَوۡا۟ أَن یُضَیِّفُوهُمَا فَوَجَدَا فِیهَا جِدَارࣰا یُرِیدُ أَن یَنقَضَّ فَأَقَامَهُۥۖ قَالَ لَوۡ شِئۡتَ لَتَّخَذۡتَ عَلَیۡهِ أَجۡرࣰا ۝٧٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."
Ta Ha 20:116 Verb
وَإِذۡ قُلۡنَا لِلۡمَلَـٰۤىِٕكَةِ ٱسۡجُدُوا۟ لِءَادَمَ فَسَجَدُوۤا۟ إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰ ۝١١٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except Iblees; he refused

Derived Forms (10)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
فَأَبَىٰٓ faʾaabaā Verb
أَبَىٰ ʾaabaā Verb
يَأْبَ yaʾaba Verb
فَأَبَيْنَ faʾaabayna Verb
وَأَبَىٰ waʾaabaā Verb
فَأَبَوْا۟ faʾaabawā Verb
فَأَبَى faʾaabaā Verb
أَبَىٰٓ ʾaabaā Verb
وَيَأْبَى wayaʾabaā Verb
وَتَأْبَىٰ wataʾabaā Verb