Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root QML refers to small, destructive insects. It can mean a kind of weevil or woodworm (سُوسٌ), or a type of tick (قُرَاد). The term قُمَّلٌ specifically denotes these tiny pests.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: q-m-l
Listen: وَٱلْقُمَّلَ 7:133
Root letters: ق — م — ل

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

All word forms derived from the root قمل 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 قمل appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Heights, The Elevated Places 7:133 Noun
فَأَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَیۡهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلۡجَرَادَ وَٱلۡقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَایَـٰتࣲ مُّفَصَّلَـٰتࣲ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوۡمࣰا مُّجۡرِمِینَ ۝١٣٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
وَٱلْقُمَّلَ walqumala Noun