Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root م-ع-ز (m-ʿ-z) primarily refers to "goats." It denotes the hairy kind of sheep, as opposed to the woolly kind.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: m-ʿ-z
Listen: ٱلْمَعْزِ 6:143
Root letters: م — ع — ز

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

Cattle, Livestock 6:143 Noun
ثَمَـٰنِیَةَ أَزۡوَ ٰجࣲۖ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأۡنِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِ وَمِنَ ٱلۡمَعۡزِ ٱثۡنَیۡنِۗ قُلۡ ءَاۤلذَّكَرَیۡنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِ أَمَّا ٱشۡتَمَلَتۡ عَلَیۡهِ أَرۡحَامُ ٱلۡأُنثَیَیۡنِۖ نَبِّءُونِی بِعِلۡمٍ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝١٤٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [They are] eight mates - of the sheep, two and of the goats, two. Say, "Is it the two males He has forbidden or the two females or that which the wombs of the two females contain? Inform me with knowledge, if you should be truthful."

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْمَعْزِ lmaʿzi Noun