Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
أيم
Parts of Speech
Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
1 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root أيم (Aym) describes being without a spouse. For a woman, it means she has no husband, whether virgin, widowed, or divorced. For a man, it means he has no wife, often due to her death.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: ʾa-y-m
Listen: ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ 24:32
Root letters: أ — ي — م

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Light 24:32 Noun
وَأَنكِحُوا۟ ٱلۡأَیَـٰمَىٰ مِنكُمۡ وَٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ مِنۡ عِبَادِكُمۡ وَإِمَاۤىِٕكُمۡۚ إِن یَكُونُوا۟ فُقَرَاۤءَ یُغۡنِهِمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضۡلِهِۦۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَ ٰسِعٌ عَلِیمࣱ ۝٣٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And marry the unmarried among you and the righteous among your male slaves and female slaves. If they should be poor, Allah will enrich them from His bounty, and Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْأَيَٰمَىٰ lʾaayamaā Noun