Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: ضرب (ḍrb)

Examining Root: ضرب (ḍrb)

Definition:
To heal, strike, propound as an example, put forth a parable, go, make a journey, travel, mix, avoid, take away, put a cover, shut, mention, state, propound, set forth, compare, liken, seek a way, march own, set, impose, prevent, fight, traffic with anyone's property for a share in the profit, leave for sake, take away thing (with 'an).
Depressed ground, hard ground in a plain, sandy valley, commissioner as he has to travel much.
Kind manner, lean, thin, similar, alike, the act of striking, a blow, going from place to place, vicissitude of life, affliction especially that which relates to one's person, as disease, death, degradation is common and general suffering.
beat, struck, smote, hit, the making a thing fall upon another thing, discipline/train, to cast forth, threw or flung it, seal/stamp, veil/curtain/cover/barrier, to point or make a sign, prohibit/hinder/prevent/withheld/restrain, collision, corrupted/disordered/disturbance/unsettled/confused, turn away, avoid, shun, fashion/mould/adapt, mention or set forth (e.g. a parable/example), explain, make a way, multiplying, go/travel, went away, it was or became long, excite/incite/urge/instigate, contend, dispose/accommodate, retract/digression/transition, to silence, tremble/shiver, share/portion.
Location where something is struck, wool or goat's hair separated or plucked or beaten with a mallet, sword, tent-peg, mallet.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 58

Lemmata Based on This Root: 2

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 55

Form
I:	55
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	42
Feminine:	5
Unassigned:	8

Person
1st:	8
2nd:	16
3rd:	31

Number
Singular:	30
Dual:	0
Plural:	25

Noun: 3

Case
Nominative:	0
Accusative:	3
Genitive:	0

Gender
Masculine:	3
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	3
Dual:	0
Plural:	0

Formula
Appears in 171 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 96 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 27 Length 4: 18 Length 5: 12	Length 3: 61 Length 4: 37 Length 5: 16	Length 3: 51 Length 4: 29 Length 5: 16

Glosses for this Root
Presents (x6) And presents (x4) and strike (x3) Strike (x3) traveling (x3) He presents (x3) And set forth (x3) We have set forth (x3) they set forth (x3) you travel (x3) And Allah sets forth (x2) is presented (x2) We present them (x2) and struck (x2) Strike him (x1) so strike (x1)	So We cast (x1) let them stamp (x1) (to) move about (x1) they present it (x1) and [finally] strike them (x1) put forth (x1) striking (x1) then strike (x1) and We put forth (x1) Then should We take away (x1) Then will be put up (x1) And let them draw (x1) set forth (x1) Struck (x1)

Verse List

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