Lexical Summary

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

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root وَأَدَ primarily means to bury alive, especially a female infant. It signifies the act of suppressing or destroying something by burying it, often with the connotation of cruelty or disgrace.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: w-ʾa-d
Listen: ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ 81:8
Root letters: و — أ — د

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Overthrowing, The Cessation 81:8 Noun
وَإِذَا الْمَوْءُودَةُ سُئِلَتْ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And when the girl [who was] buried alive is aske

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ lmawʾudahu Noun