أبي
ʾa-b-y
Lexical Summary
Definitions (1)
Meanings associated with the root أبي across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.
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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)
إِلَّاۤ إِبۡلِیسَ أَبَىٰۤ أَن یَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّـٰجِدِینَ ٣١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International):
Except Iblees, he refused to be with those who prostrated
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
۞ 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 | 2× | |
| أَبَىٰ | ʾaabaā | Verb | 2× | |
| يَأْبَ | yaʾaba | Verb | 2× | |
| فَأَبَيْنَ | faʾaabayna | Verb | 1× | |
| وَأَبَىٰ | waʾaabaā | Verb | 1× | |
| فَأَبَوْا۟ | faʾaabawā | Verb | 1× | |
| فَأَبَى | faʾaabaā | Verb | 1× | |
| أَبَىٰٓ | ʾaabaā | Verb | 1× | |
| وَيَأْبَى | wayaʾabaā | Verb | 1× | |
| وَتَأْبَىٰ | wataʾabaā | Verb | 1× |