Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
مرح
Parts of Speech
Noun (2×), Verb (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
3 times across 3 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root مرح (marah) primarily describes excessive joy, exultation, and pride, often leading to insolent or ungrateful behavior.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: m-r-ḥ
Listen: تَمْرَحُونَ 40:75
Root letters: م — ر — ح

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

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

Noun Verb

Concordance — 3 Occurrences

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

Noun (2) · Verb (1)

Noun (2 verses — showing first 5)

Children of Israel, The Israelites 17:37 Noun
وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًاۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخۡرِقَ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَن تَبۡلُغَ ٱلۡجِبَالَ طُولࣰا ۝٣٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And do not walk upon the earth exultantly. Indeed, you will never tear the earth [apart], and you will never reach the mountains in height
Luqman, Lukman 31:18 Noun
وَلَا تُصَعِّرۡ خَدَّكَ لِلنَّاسِ وَلَا تَمۡشِ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مَرَحًاۖ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا یُحِبُّ كُلَّ مُخۡتَالࣲ فَخُورࣲ ۝١٨
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And do not turn your cheek [in contempt] toward people and do not walk through the earth exultantly. Indeed, Allah does not like everyone self-deluded and boastful

Derived Forms (2)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
مَرَحًا maraḥanā Noun
تَمْرَحُونَ tamraḥuwna Verb