Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root Q-S-F describes something weak, fragile, or easily broken. It can refer to a plant that is sappy but delicate, suggesting a lack of strength despite its moisture.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-ṣ-f
Listen: قَاصِفًا 17:69
Root letters: ق — ص — ف

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:69 Noun
أَمۡ أَمِنتُمۡ أَن یُعِیدَكُمۡ فِیهِ تَارَةً أُخۡرَىٰ فَیُرۡسِلَ عَلَیۡكُمۡ قَاصِفࣰا مِّنَ ٱلرِّیحِ فَیُغۡرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرۡتُمۡ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمۡ عَلَیۡنَا بِهِۦ تَبِیعࣰا ۝٦٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back into the sea another time and send upon you a hurricane of wind and drown you for what you denied? Then you would not find for yourselves against Us an avenger

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
قَاصِفًا qaāṣifanā Noun