Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
سنو
Parts of Speech
Noun (20×)
Qur'an Occurrences
20 times across 17 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root "snw" primarily means to water or irrigate land, often using animals. It also describes fire or lightning shining brightly, or rising high.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: s-n-w
Listen: سَنَةٍ 70:4
Root letters: س — ن — و

Word Family Tree (6 forms)

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

Noun 20×

Concordance — 20 Occurrences

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

Noun (20)

Noun (20 verses — showing first 5)

Jonah 10:5 Noun
هُوَ ٱلَّذِی جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ ضِیَاۤءࣰ وَٱلۡقَمَرَ نُورࣰا وَقَدَّرَهُۥ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعۡلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِینَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ ذَ ٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ یُفَصِّلُ ٱلۡءَایَـٰتِ لِقَوۡمࣲ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases - that you may know the number of years and account [of time]. Allah has not created this except in truth. He details the signs for a people who kno
Joseph 12:42 Noun
وَقَالَ لِلَّذِی ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجࣲ مِّنۡهُمَا ٱذۡكُرۡنِی عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّیۡطَـٰنُ ذِكۡرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِی ٱلسِّجۡنِ بِضۡعَ سِنِینَ ۝٤٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And he said to the one whom he knew would go free, "Mention me before your master." But Satan made him forget the mention [to] his master, and Joseph remained in prison several years
Joseph 12:47 Noun
قَالَ تَزۡرَعُونَ سَبۡعَ سِنِینَ دَأَبࣰا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمۡ فَذَرُوهُ فِی سُنۢبُلِهِۦۤ إِلَّا قَلِیلࣰا مِّمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ ۝٤٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [Joseph] said, "You will plant for seven years consecutively; and what you harvest leave in its spikes, except a little from which you will eat
Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:12 Noun
وَجَعَلۡنَا ٱلَّیۡلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَایَتَیۡنِۖ فَمَحَوۡنَاۤ ءَایَةَ ٱلَّیۡلِ وَجَعَلۡنَاۤ ءَایَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبۡصِرَةࣰ لِّتَبۡتَغُوا۟ فَضۡلࣰا مِّن رَّبِّكُمۡ وَلِتَعۡلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِینَ وَٱلۡحِسَابَۚ وَكُلَّ شَیۡءࣲ فَصَّلۡنَـٰهُ تَفۡصِیلࣰا ۝١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the number of years and the account [of time]. And everything We have set out in detail
The Cave 18:11 Noun
فَضَرَبۡنَا عَلَىٰۤ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ فِی ٱلۡكَهۡفِ سِنِینَ عَدَدࣰا ۝١١
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years

Derived Forms (6)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
سِنِينَ siniyna Noun
سَنَةٍ sanahin Noun
سَنَةً sanahan Noun
ٱلسِّنِينَ lsiniyna Noun
سَنَا sanaā Noun
بِٱلسِّنِينَ bilsiniyna Noun