Morphology Explorer — خير
khyr
Root analysis: 196 occurrences across 178 verses in the Quran
خير
khyr
196
Total Occurrences
178
Verses
25
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories
Part-of-Speech Distribution
Noun ×190
Verb ×6
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Word Forms in the Quran 25
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
78
خَيْرًا
khayrana
37
خَيْرُ
khayru
20
خَيْرٍ
khayrin
14
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ
lkhayraati
7
بِخَيْرٍ
bikhayrin
6
ٱلْخَيْرِ
lkhayri
6
خَيْرَ
khayra
4
وَخَيْرٌ
wakhayrun
3
ٱلْخَيْرُ
lkhayru
2
بِٱلْخَيْرِ
bilkhayri
2
ٱلْخِيَرَةُ
lkhiarahu
2
ٱلْأَخْيَارِ
laakhyaari
2
لِّلْخَيْرِ
llilkhayri
2
وَٱخْتَارَ
wakhtaara
1
ٱلْخَيْرَٰتُ
lkhayraatu
1
ٱخْتَرْتُكَ
khtartuka
1
وَٱلْخَيْرِ
walkhayri
1
ٱلْخَيْرَ
lkhayra
1
وَيَخْتَارُ
wayakhtaaru
1
بِٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ
bilkhayraati
1
ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ
khtarnaahum
1
خَيْرَٰتٌ
khayraatun
1
يَتَخَيَّرُونَ
yatakhayyaruna
1
تَخَيَّرُونَ
takhayyaruna
1
Quranic Concordance 196
Every occurrence of the root خير in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.
Tense / Aspect
- Perfect
- Completed action (past tense)
- Imperfect
- Ongoing or future action (present/future)
- Imperative
- A command or request
Voice
- Active
- Subject performs the action
- Passive
- Subject receives the action
Person
- 1st Person
- Speaker ("I" or "we")
- 2nd Person
- Addressed ("you")
- 3rd Person
- Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")
Gender & Number
- Masculine / Feminine
- Grammatical gender of the subject
- Singular
- One person or thing
- Dual
- Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
- Plural
- Three or more
Case
- Nominative
- Subject of the sentence
- Accusative
- Object of the verb
- Genitive
- After a preposition or in possession
State
- Definite
- With "al-" (the)
- Indefinite
- Without "al-" (a/an)
Derivation
- Participle
- Verb form used as adjective/noun
- Verbal Noun
- Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")
Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).
| Verse | Arabic | Transliteration | English | POS | Features | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:54 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:61 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:103 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:105 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:106 | بِخَيْرٍ | bikhayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:110 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:148 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ | lkhayraati | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:158 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:180 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:184 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:184 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:184 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:197 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:197 | خَيْرَ | khayra | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:215 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:215 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:216 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:220 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:221 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:221 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:263 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:269 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:271 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:272 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:272 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:273 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 2:280 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:15 | بِخَيْرٍ | bikhayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:26 | ٱلْخَيْرُ | lkhayru | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:30 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:54 | خَيْرُ | khayru | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:104 | ٱلْخَيْرِ | lkhayri | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:110 | خَيْرَ | khayra | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:110 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:114 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ | lkhayraati | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:115 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:150 | خَيْرُ | khayru | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:157 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:178 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:180 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 3:198 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:19 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:25 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:46 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:59 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:66 | خَيْرًا | khayrana | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:77 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:114 | خَيْرَ | khayra | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:127 | خَيْرٍ | khayrin | good, better | Noun | Noun | |
| 4:128 | خَيْرٌ | khayrun | good, better | Noun | Noun |