Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root شعل (shEl) primarily means to kindle or make fire burn brightly. It extends metaphorically to igniting war or anger.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: sh-ʿ-l
Listen: وَٱشْتَعَلَ 19:4
Root letters: ش — ع — ل

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Verb

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

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

Verb (1)

Verb (1 verses — showing first 5)

Mary 19:4 Verb
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّی وَهَنَ ٱلۡعَظۡمُ مِنِّی وَٱشۡتَعَلَ ٱلرَّأۡسُ شَیۡبࣰا وَلَمۡ أَكُنۢ بِدُعَاۤىِٕكَ رَبِّ شَقِیࣰّا ۝٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَٱشْتَعَلَ washtaʿala Verb