Quranic root
ضفدع
ḍ · f · d · ʿ
The supplied evidence does not establish an independent root-level semantic principle beyond the lexical field of the frog and its related derived usages.
The packet documents a concrete animal noun together with derived descriptions, bodily usages, figurative idiom, astronomical names, and an equine anatomical term, but supplies no Maqāyīs or Quran-focused root-development discussion.
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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.
ضِفْدِع
ḍifdiʿ
- Part of speech
- Noun
- 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.
Frog; in the Quranic occurrence, the plural frogs.
The attested Quranic form is the plural ضَفَادِع, referring to frogs as the reptile.
- Lane · entry 17869
Selected Quran examples
Quran 7:133word 6
“and the frogs”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 7:133وَٱلضَّفَادِعَand the frogs
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 9 Classical meanings
ضِفْدِع
Classical zoological descriptions distinguish a river or water-toad and a land-toad, the latter associated with caverns and caves.
A descriptive specialization of the frog/toad noun; the medicinal and magical properties reported for these species are traditional lore rather than additional lexical meanings.
- Lane · entry 17869
ضَفْدَعَ
Of water, to contain or abound in frogs.
Predicated of water or a body of water.
- Lane · entry 17868
ضَفْدَعَ
Of a man, to shrink or become contracted.
A verb describing bodily contraction.
- Lane · entry 17868
ضَفْدَعَ
Of a man, to void excrement, especially thin excrement.
A bodily-use verb.
- Lane · entry 17868
ضَفْدَعَ
Of a man, to emit wind audibly from the anus.
A bodily-use verb describing audible anal flatulence.
- Lane · entry 17868
نَقَّتْ ضَفَادِعُ بَطْنِهِ
An idiom meaning that he was or became hungry.
Figurative expression literally describing the croaking of the frogs of one's belly.
- Lane · entry 17869
الضِّفْدِعُ الأَوَّلُ / الضِّفْدِعُ الثَّانِي
Names of two stars: the bright star at the mouth of Piscis Austrinus and a star on the southern fork of Cetus's tail.
Astronomical nomenclature.
- Lane · entry 17869
الضِّفْدِع
The frog: a bone or horny substance inside a horse's hoof, in its sole.
An equine anatomical term.
- Lane · entry 17869
مُضَفْدِعَات
Waters abounding in frogs.
A descriptive plural form applied to waters containing many frogs.
- Lane · entry 17870
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword is normalized to the singular ضِفْدِع; Classical sources also record the vocalic variants ضَفْدَع and ضُفْدَع.
The Quranic occurrence is a plural noun, while the Classical evidence includes zoological specializations and several derived or figurative usages.