Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
برد
Parts of Speech
Noun (5×)
Qur'an Occurrences
5 times across 5 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root "برد" primarily means to be or become cold, chill, or cool, often implying a cessation of heat or motion. It can metaphorically refer to death, stillness, or the allaying of pain.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: b-r-d
Listen: بَرْدًا 78:24
Root letters: ب — ر — د

Word Family Tree (4 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 5 Occurrences

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

Noun (5)

Noun (5 verses — showing first 5)

The Prophets 21:69 Noun
قُلۡنَا یَـٰنَارُ كُونِی بَرۡدࣰا وَسَلَـٰمًا عَلَىٰۤ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ ۝٦٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Allah said, "O fire, be coolness and safety upon Abraham."
The Light 24:43 Noun
أَلَمۡ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ یُزۡجِی سَحَابࣰا ثُمَّ یُؤَلِّفُ بَیۡنَهُۥ ثُمَّ یَجۡعَلُهُۥ رُكَامࣰا فَتَرَى ٱلۡوَدۡقَ یَخۡرُجُ مِنۡ خِلَـٰلِهِۦ وَیُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مِن جِبَالࣲ فِیهَا مِنۢ بَرَدࣲ فَیُصِیبُ بِهِۦ مَن یَشَاۤءُ وَیَصۡرِفُهُۥ عَن مَّن یَشَاۤءُۖ یَكَادُ سَنَا بَرۡقِهِۦ یَذۡهَبُ بِٱلۡأَبۡصَـٰرِ ۝٤٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Do you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, then He makes them into a mass, and you see the rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky, mountains [of clouds] within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The flash of its lightening almost takes away the eyesight
The Letter Sad 38:42 Noun
ٱرۡكُضۡ بِرِجۡلِكَۖ هَـٰذَا مُغۡتَسَلُۢ بَارِدࣱ وَشَرَابࣱ ۝٤٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink."
The Event, The Inevitable, That Which is Coming 56:44 Noun
لَّا بَارِدࣲ وَلَا كَرِیمٍ ۝٤٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Neither cool nor beneficial
The Tidings, The Announcement 78:24 Noun
لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): They will not taste therein [any] coolness or drin

Derived Forms (4)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
بَرْدًا bardanā Noun
بَارِدٍ baāridin Noun
بَارِدٌ baāridun Noun
بَرَدٍ baradin Noun