Quranic root
أمد
ʾ · m · d
An endpoint, goal, or limiting extent; the root is oriented toward what a span reaches as its limit.
From the idea of a terminal extent, أَمَد denotes a span considered with regard to its endpoint, especially a period or term, and can also denote an intervening distance or extent.
- Maqāyīs · row 141
- Mufradāt · row 53
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
أَمَد
ʾamad
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 4 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A term or span of time considered with regard to its endpoint; a period whose limit may be unspecified or specified in relation to something.
Temporal use, emphasizing the eventual limit or goal of the span rather than time viewed generally; it may be distant or otherwise defined by context.
- Lane · entry 7183
- Mufradāt · row 53
Selected Quran examples
An intervening extent or distance between two points, understood as a reach toward a limit.
Used for a spatial interval, especially in a construction describing the distance between one thing and another.
- Lane · entry 7183
- Mufradāt · row 53
Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:30word 19
“(was) a distance”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:30أَمَدًۢا(was) a distance
- 18:12أَمَدًۭا(in) time
- 57:16ٱلْأَمَدُthe term
- 72:25أَمَدًاa (distant) term
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 8 Classical meanings
أَمِدَ عَلَيْهِ
To be angry with someone.
Form I verb used with عَلَيْهِ.
- Lane · entry 7181
أمّد
To declare or specify a time, term, utmost extent, or limit by reference to its endpoint.
Form II verb; a causative or specifying use of the term/limit concept.
- Lane · entry 7182
أَمَدٌ
A life-term, specifically either of the two terminal points of a person's life: birth or death.
A specialized Classical Arabic use referring to one of the two defining times of a life.
- Lane · entry 7183
أَمَدٌ
The starting point or goal of horses in a race.
A specialized use for either endpoint of a racecourse.
- Lane · entry 7183
ذُو أَمَدٍ / ذَاتُ أَمَدٍ
Having a term or limit; limited in duration.
Adjectival construction, including agreement with a feminine noun in ذَاتُ أَمَدٍ.
- Lane · entry 7183
أُمْدَةٌ
A remainder, or what remains, of something.
A distinct nominal derivative referring to what is left over.
- Lane · entry 7184
مُؤَمَّدٌ
Of a skin or water-container, exhausted so that not a gulp remains.
A specialized descriptive use for a completely drained skin.
- Lane · entry 7185
أَمَرَهُ
An extreme term, limit, or point that has been reached or attained.
The reported lexical expression is retained with its supplied headword and gloss.
- Lane · entry 7186
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
أَمَد differs from أَبَد in that it denotes a span considered with regard to an endpoint; أَبَد denotes an unlimited duration.
The Quranic occurrence in 3:30 is represented as an intervening distance, while the other supplied occurrences illustrate the temporal-term use.
The Lane unit headed أَمَرَهُ has an unusual headword-to-gloss pairing; its supplied lexical interpretation is retained without normalization.