Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
قرد
Parts of Speech
Noun (3×)
Qur'an Occurrences
3 times across 3 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root قرد (qrd) primarily refers to refuse wool or soft hair that falls off animals and clumps together. It can also denote palm branches stripped of leaves, or small, unconjoined cloud formations.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-r-d
Listen: قِرَدَةً 7:166
Root letters: ق — ر — د

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 3 Occurrences

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

Noun (3)

Noun (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Cow 2:65 Noun
وَلَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتُمُ ٱلَّذِینَ ٱعۡتَدَوۡا۟ مِنكُمۡ فِی ٱلسَّبۡتِ فَقُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِءِینَ ۝٦٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, "Be apes, despised."
The Table, The Table Spread 5:60 Noun
قُلۡ هَلۡ أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرࣲّ مِّن ذَ ٰلِكَ مَثُوبَةً عِندَ ٱللَّهِۚ مَن لَّعَنَهُ ٱللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَیۡهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنۡهُمُ ٱلۡقِرَدَةَ وَٱلۡخَنَازِیرَ وَعَبَدَ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتَۚ أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ شَرࣱّ مَّكَانࣰا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَوَاۤءِ ٱلسَّبِیلِ ۝٦٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Say, "Shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that as penalty from Allah ? [It is that of] those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He became angry and made of them apes and pigs and slaves of Taghut. Those are worse in position and further astray from the sound way."
The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:166 Noun
فَلَمَّا عَتَوۡا۟ عَن مَّا نُهُوا۟ عَنۡهُ قُلۡنَا لَهُمۡ كُونُوا۟ قِرَدَةً خَـٰسِءِینَ ۝١٦٦
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised."

Derived Forms (2)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
قِرَدَةً qiradahan Noun
ٱلْقِرَدَةَ lqiradaha Noun