Morphology Explorer — سعي

s'y

Root analysis: 30 occurrences across 28 verses in the Quran

سعي
s'y
30
Total Occurrences
28
Verses
19
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Verb ×20 Noun ×10

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Word Forms in the Quran 19

يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa 6 سَعَىٰ sa'aaa 3 تَسْعَىٰ tas'aaa 3 وَسَعَىٰ wasa'aaa 2 وَيَسْعَوْنَ wayas'awna 2 سَعْيًا sa'yana 1 سَعْيَهَا sa'yahaa 1 سَعْيُهُم sa'yuhum 1 سَعْيُهُمْ sa'yuhum 1 لِسَعْيِهِۦ lisa'yihi 1 سَعَوْا۟ sa'awa 1 سَعَوْ sa'aw 1 يَسْعَوْنَ yas'awna 1 ٱلسَّعْىَ lssa'aa 1 سَعْيَهُۥ sa'yahu 1 فَٱسْعَوْا۟ fas'awa 1 سَعْيُكُم sa'yukum 1 لِّسَعْيِهَا llisa'yihaa 1 سَعْيَكُمْ sa'yakum 1

Quranic Concordance 30

Every occurrence of the root سعي 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
2:114 وَسَعَىٰ wasa'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
2:205 سَعَىٰ sa'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
2:260 سَعْيًا sa'yana to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
5:33 وَيَسْعَوْنَ wayas'awna (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
5:64 وَيَسْعَوْنَ wayas'awna (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
17:19 وَسَعَىٰ wasa'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
17:19 سَعْيَهَا sa'yahaa to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
17:19 سَعْيُهُم sa'yuhum to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
18:104 سَعْيُهُمْ sa'yuhum to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
20:15 تَسْعَىٰ tas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
20:20 تَسْعَىٰ tas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
20:66 تَسْعَىٰ tas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
21:94 لِسَعْيِهِۦ lisa'yihi to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
22:51 سَعَوْا۟ sa'awa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
28:20 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
34:5 سَعَوْ sa'aw (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
34:38 يَسْعَوْنَ yas'awna (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
36:20 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
37:102 ٱلسَّعْىَ lssa'aa to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
53:39 سَعَىٰ sa'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
53:40 سَعْيَهُۥ sa'yahu to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
57:12 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
62:9 فَٱسْعَوْا۟ fas'awa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
66:8 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
76:22 سَعْيُكُم sa'yukum to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
79:22 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
79:35 سَعَىٰ sa'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
80:8 يَسْعَىٰ yas'aaa (v.) to strive, to hasten Verb V
88:9 لِّسَعْيِهَا llisa'yihaa to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
92:4 سَعْيَكُمْ sa'yakum to strive, to hasten Noun Noun
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