Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: قصص (qṣṣ)

Examining Root: قصص (qṣṣ)

Definition:
To impart, tell/communicate/narrate/recount, follow one's track, retrace, retaliate, cut off, relate, declare, make mention of.
qasasun - narrative, act of following.
qisas - just retaliation.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 30

Lemmata Based on This Root: 3

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 20

Form
I:	20
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	7
Feminine:	1
Unassigned:	12

Person
1st:	12
2nd:	3
3rd:	5

Number
Singular:	6
Dual:	0
Plural:	14

Noun: 10

Case
Nominative:	4
Accusative:	3
Genitive:	3

Gender
Masculine:	10
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	9
Dual:	0
Plural:	0

Formula
Appears in 30 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 34 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 4 Length 4: 2 Length 5: 0	Length 3: 10 Length 4: 8 Length 5: 6	Length 3: 17 Length 4: 13 Length 5: 4

Glosses for this Root
relate (x5) We have related (x3) He relates (x2) the story (x2) We (have) mentioned them (x2) (is) legal retribution (x2) relating (x2) of the narrations (x1) and narrated (x1) the narration - (x1)	their stories (x1) the legal retribution (x1) So relate (x1) (which) We relate (x1) Follow him (x1) Then surely We will narrate (x1) We relate (x1) retracing (x1) (is) the legal retribution (x1)

Verse List

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