Quranic root
عضو
ʿ · ḍ · w
The central lexical orientation is dividing a whole into distinct portions.
From partitioning come the ideas of a bodily member as a distinct part, dividing or distributing something into portions, and the Quranic plural referring to the Quran treated in fragments. Other historically attested branches are kept separate below.
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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.
عِضَةٌ
ʿiḍahun
- 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.
A piece, part, or portion; in the Quranic expression, the Quran treated as divided into portions or fragments.
Attested in the plural form عِضِينَ in the expression describing acceptance of some of the Quran and rejection of some of it.
- Lane · entry 3656
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 15:91word 4
“(in) parts”
A lie or falsehood.
A Quran-attested interpretation of عِضِينَ in 15:91, treating the plural as falsehoods rather than portions.
- Lane · entry 3656
Selected Quran examples
Quran 15:91word 4
“(in) parts”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 15:91عِضِينَ(in) parts
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 7 Classical meanings
عَضَا / عَضْوٌ
To enchant or bewitch; عَضْوٌ is used as its verbal noun in this sense.
A distinct verbal branch of عَضَا, not the Quranic noun عِضَةٌ.
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عَضَا
To understand wounds or have skill in dealing with them.
Attested in the idiomatic expression كَانَ يَعْضُو الجِرَاحَ.
- Lane · entry 3653
تَعْضِيَةٌ
The act of dividing or distributing something into portions, including dismembering a slaughtered animal.
Also used in discussions of dividing an inheritance or other property when it is capable of partition.
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عُضْوٌ / عِضْوٌ
A limb, member, organ, or distinct bodily portion, including a substantial bone or flesh-and-bone part; also a component of a bow.
The dual العُضْوَانِ can conventionally denote the male and female genital organs.
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عِضَةٌ
A party, sect, or class of people.
Attested with the plural عِضُونَ; this is a Classical Arabic group-meaning distinct from the Quranic use for portions or falsehoods.
- Lane · entry 3656
عِضُونَ
Enchantment or magic.
A reported analysis of عِضُونَ as the plural of عِضَهٌ, with ه, rather than the Quranic plural of عِضَةٌ.
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عُضُوٌّ / عَاضٍ
Sufficiency in clothing and food; عَاضٍ denotes a person possessing adequate clothing and food.
The noun denotes the state, while the active-participle form denotes the person characterized by it.
- Lane · entry 3657
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The evidence preserves competing derivational analyses for عِضِينَ, associating it either with the root ending in و or with the related form written with ه; the artifact records the attested lexical readings without resolving that etymological question.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
lane-unit:EDw:3658:g1:main: the meaning of عَضَوِيٌّ and عَضَوِيَّةٌ cannot be determined from the supplied camel application and unresolved cross-reference alone.