Quranic root
عنب
ʿ · n · b
The core lexical orientation is the grape and its vine, alongside several independently lexicalized formations associated with or homonymous to this basic word.
The primary noun denotes the grape fruit and, by an attested extension, the grapevine itself. Related formations describe producing or possessing grapes, grape-related qualities, and a range of separate Classical Arabic objects and epithets.
- Maqāyīs · row 3319
- Mufradāt · row 1015
- Lane · entry 4911
- Lane · entry 4910
- Lane · entry 4921
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
- 11
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
عِنَب
ʿinab
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 11 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.
Grapes, the fruit of the grapevine.
The fruit term is applied to fresh grapes; an individual berry is عِنَبَةٌ, while dried grapes are separately called زَبِيب.
- Lane · entry 4911
- Mufradāt · row 1015
Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:32word 9
“grapes”
Quran 80:28word 1
“And grapes”
The grapevine itself.
This plant sense occurs in descriptions of vineyards, gardens, and cultivated land; the same noun therefore denotes either the vine or its fruit according to context.
- Lane · entry 4911
- Mufradāt · row 1015
Selected Quran examples
Quran 13:4word 7
“grapevines”
Quran 23:19word 7
“and grapevines”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:266وَأَعْنَابٍۢand grapevines
- 6:99أَعْنَابٍۢgrapes
- 13:4أَعْنَـٰبٍۢgrapevines
- 16:11وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبَand the grapes
- 16:67وَٱلْأَعْنَـٰبِand the grapes
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 20 Classical meanings
عَنَّبَ
To produce grapes, said of a grapevine.
Derived Form II verb; the attested use describes the vine's production rather than an independently stated causative object.
- Lane · entry 4910
عِنَب
Wine.
A dialectal, non-Quranic extension attributed to the dialect of Yemen.
- Lane · entry 4911
عِنَبَة
A single grape berry.
The unit noun corresponding to عِنَب; its plural of paucity is عِنَبَاتٌ.
- Lane · entry 4911
عِنَبَة
A small painful pustule that swells and may emit blood or fluid.
The term is also applied to such a lesion occurring in the eye or throat.
- Lane · entry 4912
- Mufradāt · row 1015
عِنَبِيّ
Grape-related or of grapes.
An attributive adjective derived from the grape term.
- Lane · entry 4914
عَنَبَان
An epithet for a male gazelle.
Traditional explanations vary between brisk or lively, sluggish, or advanced in age; the form is also reported with the plural عُنْبَانٌ.
- Lane · entry 4915
عَنَبَان
A long-horned mountain goat.
A separate animal application of the same lexical form, without a corresponding verb.
- Lane · entry 4915
عُنْبُب
The foremost portion or leading surge of a torrent, or the foremost part of a company of men.
Variant forms include عُنْبَبٌ.
- Lane · entry 4916
عُنْبُب
An abundance of water.
A separate Classical Arabic use of the same noun.
- Lane · entry 4916
عُنْبُب
A certain plant.
A rare identification reported in the lexical tradition.
- Lane · entry 4916
عُنَاب
A large or conspicuously ugly nose.
Used as an epithet applied to a man; the related expression أَعْنَبُ الأَنْفِ is also reported.
- Lane · entry 4917
عُنَاب
A female genital part, or the portion excised from it.
An anatomical use with variant lexical explanations in the sources.
- Lane · entry 4917
عُنَاب
A small or high isolated mountain or hill.
Descriptions vary: small and black, erect and sharp-headed, round, or barren; the form is also given with the plural عُنْبٌ.
- Lane · entry 4917
عَنَّاب
A seller of grapes.
An occupational noun formed from عِنَب.
- Lane · entry 4918
عُنَّاب
The jujube fruit and tree.
The term is also reported for the fruit of the arak and for the fruit or tree called غُبَيْرَاء; it is a noun of unity with ة.
- Lane · entry 4919
عُنَّاب
A woman's fingers or fingertips, by comparison with red jujubes.
A figurative use based on resemblance in color and form.
- Lane · entry 4919
عُنَّابِيّ
Jujube-colored or the color of the jujube fruit.
In the colloquial phrase صَبَغَ الكِيسَ عُنَّابِيّ, the expression means that a person became bankrupt.
- Lane · entry 4920
عَانِب
A man possessing grapes.
A possessive adjective patterned like لَابِنٌ, “possessing milk,” and تَامِرٌ, “possessing dates.”
- Lane · entry 4921
مُعَنَّب
Tall.
An epithet applied to a man.
- Lane · entry 4923
مُعَنَّب
Thick, said of tar.
A separate adjectival use applied to the consistency of tar.
- Lane · entry 4923
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic vine sense is distinct from the fruit sense; contextual translations may render the same underlying noun as either grapes or grapevines.
Several rare Classical Arabic derivatives have variant or competing traditional explanations, which are retained in their usage conditions rather than treated as Quranic meanings.