Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root "mkhD" primarily means to churn milk, extracting butter by agitation. It extends to shaking or agitating anything vehemently, like a corpse on a bier or water in a well.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: m-kh-ḍ
Listen: ٱلْمَخَاضُ 19:23
Root letters: م — خ — ض

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

Mary 19:23 Noun
فَأَجَاۤءَهَا ٱلۡمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ قَالَتۡ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسۡیࣰا مَّنسِیࣰّا ۝٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْمَخَاضُ lmakhaāḍu Noun