Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root "nthr" primarily means to scatter, sprinkle, or strew something. It can also refer to a palm tree shedding unripe dates or a person having many children.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: n-th-r
Listen: ٱنتَثَرَتْ 82:2
Root letters: ن — ث — ر

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

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

Noun (2) · Verb (1)

Noun (2 verses — showing first 5)

The Criterion, The Standard 25:23 Noun
وَقَدِمۡنَاۤ إِلَىٰ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ مِنۡ عَمَلࣲ فَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ هَبَاۤءࣰ مَّنثُورًا ۝٢٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We will regard what they have done of deeds and make them as dust dispersed
Man 76:19 Noun
۞ وَیَطُوفُ عَلَیۡهِمۡ وِلۡدَ ٰنࣱ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَیۡتَهُمۡ حَسِبۡتَهُمۡ لُؤۡلُؤࣰا مَّنثُورࣰا ۝١٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls

Derived Forms (2)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
مَّنثُورًا manthuwranā Noun
ٱنتَثَرَتْ ntatharat Verb