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Examining Root: سوق (swq)

Definition:
To drive/impel/urge.
yusaquna - they are driven or led.
saiqun - driver.
suq (pl. aswaq) - market, stem, leg, kashafat an saqaiha (27:44) is a well known Arabic idiom meaning to become prepared to meet the difficulty or to become perturbed/perplexed or taken aback, the literal meaning is "she uncovered and bared her shanks". yukshafu an saqin (68:42) means there is severe affliction and the truth laid here, it is indicative of a grievous and terrible calamity and difficulty.
masaq - the act of driving.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 17

Lemmata Based on This Root: 5

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 7

Form
I:	7
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	3
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	4

Person
1st:	4
2nd:	0
3rd:	3

Number
Singular:	2
Dual:	0
Plural:	5

Noun: 10

Case
Nominative:	3
Accusative:	0
Genitive:	7

Gender
Masculine:	10
Feminine:	0

Number
Singular:	7
Dual:	1
Plural:	2

Formula
Appears in 14 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 8 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 2 Length 4: 2 Length 5: 2	Length 3: 4 Length 4: 2 Length 5: 2	Length 3: 4 Length 4: 2 Length 5: 2

Glosses for this Root
the markets? (x2) And (will) be driven (x2) the shin (x1) they were driven (x1) her shins (x1) its stem (x1) (will be) the driving (x1) And We will drive (x1)	over the legs (x1) the leg (x1) drive (x1) a driver (x1) We drive them (x1) about the leg (x1) and We drive it (x1)

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