Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
شرب
Qur'an Occurrences
39 times across 22 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root شرب (shrb) primarily means "to drink" any liquid, often by gulping. It can also mean to be satisfied with drinking or, paradoxically, to be thirsty.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: sh-r-b
Listen: يَشْرَبُ 83:28
Root letters: ش — ر — ب

Word Family Tree (24 forms)

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

Noun 23× Verb 16×

Concordance — 39 Occurrences

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

Noun (21) · Verb (14)

Noun (21 verses — showing first 5)

Jonah 10:4 Noun
إِلَیۡهِ مَرۡجِعُكُمۡ جَمِیعࣰاۖ وَعۡدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّاۚ إِنَّهُۥ یَبۡدَؤُا۟ ٱلۡخَلۡقَ ثُمَّ یُعِیدُهُۥ لِیَجۡزِیَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِۚ وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمۡ شَرَابࣱ مِّنۡ حَمِیمࣲ وَعَذَابٌ أَلِیمُۢ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَكۡفُرُونَ ۝٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): To Him is your return all together. [It is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. Indeed, He begins the [process of] creation and then repeats it that He may reward those who have believed and done righteous deeds, in justice. But those who disbelieved will have a drink of scalding water and a painful punishment for what they used to deny
The Bee 16:10 Noun
هُوَ ٱلَّذِیۤ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاۤءِ مَاۤءࣰۖ لَّكُم مِّنۡهُ شَرَابࣱ وَمِنۡهُ شَجَرࣱ فِیهِ تُسِیمُونَ ۝١٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals]
The Bee 16:66 Noun
وَإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَنۡعَـٰمِ لَعِبۡرَةࣰۖ نُّسۡقِیكُم مِّمَّا فِی بُطُونِهِۦ مِنۢ بَیۡنِ فَرۡثࣲ وَدَمࣲ لَّبَنًا خَالِصࣰا سَاۤىِٕغࣰا لِّلشَّـٰرِبِینَ ۝٦٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers
The Bee 16:69 Noun
ثُمَّ كُلِی مِن كُلِّ ٱلثَّمَرَ ٰتِ فَٱسۡلُكِی سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلࣰاۚ یَخۡرُجُ مِنۢ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابࣱ مُّخۡتَلِفٌ أَلۡوَ ٰنُهُۥ فِیهِ شِفَاۤءࣱ لِّلنَّاسِۚ إِنَّ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ لَءَایَةࣰ لِّقَوۡمࣲ یَتَفَكَّرُونَ ۝٦٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Then eat from all the fruits and follow the ways of your Lord laid down [for you]." There emerges from their bellies a drink, varying in colors, in which there is healing for people. Indeed in that is a sign for a people who give thought
The Cave 18:29 Noun
وَقُلِ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمۡۖ فَمَن شَاۤءَ فَلۡیُؤۡمِن وَمَن شَاۤءَ فَلۡیَكۡفُرۡۚ إِنَّاۤ أَعۡتَدۡنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِینَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمۡ سُرَادِقُهَاۚ وَإِن یَسۡتَغِیثُوا۟ یُغَاثُوا۟ بِمَاۤءࣲ كَٱلۡمُهۡلِ یَشۡوِی ٱلۡوُجُوهَۚ بِئۡسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَاۤءَتۡ مُرۡتَفَقًا ۝٢٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe; and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a fire whose walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like murky oil, which scalds [their] faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place

Derived Forms (24)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ washrabuwā Verb
شَرَابٌ sharaābun Noun
لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ lilsharibiyna Noun
يَشْرَبُ yashrabu Verb
شَرَابًا sharaābanā Noun
تَشْرَبُونَ tashrabuwna Verb
فَشَٰرِبُونَ fasharibuwna Noun
مَّشْرَبَهُمْ mashrabahum Noun
يَشْرَبُونَ yashrabuwna Verb
شُرْبَ shurba Noun