Quranic root
أدد
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A semantic orientation toward something great, forceful, intense, or grievous, alongside a distinct branch of bolting or straying.
The root analysis distinguishes magnitude, intensity, and repeated force from nudūd, or bolting and straying. The Quranic إِدّ belongs to the first branch; its associated lexical explanation connects the force of the word with intense repeated lament or uproar.
- Maqāyīs · row 49
- Mufradāt · row 73
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
إِدّ
ʾidd
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Extraordinary, grievous, or abominable; an exceptionally severe or evil thing or affair.
In the Quranic expression لَقَدْ جِئْتُمْ شَيْئًا إِدًّا, the adjective qualifies شيء and denotes an exceptionally reprehensible or grievous matter. The usage is also explained in connection with intense tumult or uproar; variant readings are reported with the shared force of greatness or grievous severity.
- Lane · entry 6353
- Mufradāt · row 73
Selected Quran examples
Quran 19:89word 4
“atrocious”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 19:89إِدًّۭاatrocious
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
أَدَّ
To befall someone as a calamity; to oppress, distress, or afflict him.
Used of an event or affair occurring to and burdening a person.
- Lane · entry 6350
أَدّ
Strength, power, or force; especially superior power or influence, mastery, conquest, or predominance.
A nominal usage describing force or dominance.
- Lane · entry 6352
أَدّ
The sound of treading.
A distinct nominal sense referring to the sound produced by footsteps or treading.
- Lane · entry 6352
تَأَدَّدَ
To act or behave with forced hardness, firmness, strength, or vigor.
A Form V verbal usage expressing affected or deliberate exertion of hardness or force.
- Lane · entry 6351
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrence is an adjectival use of إِدّ; the related strength, calamity, and treading-sound meanings are kept as distinct classical branches rather than added to its Quranic sense.
The classical discussion records variant readings and differing etymological explanations for the Quranic expression, without requiring additional Quranic senses.