Quranic root
صكك
ṣ · k · k
Forceful contact between two things, as though one strikes the other.
This central image develops into striking, reciprocal collision, forceful closure, and descriptions of bodily collision or strength.
- Maqāyīs · row 2812
- Lane · entry 26279
- Lane · entry 26281
- Lane · entry 26288
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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.
صَكَّ
ṣakka
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
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Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To slap the face with the open hand.
In the supplied Quran occurrence, the verb is a feminine singular perfect form with the face as its object; the construction specifically describes an open-handed slap.
- Lane · entry 26279
Selected Quran examples
Quran 51:29word 5
“and struck”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 51:29فَصَكَّتْand struck
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 16 Classical meanings
صَكَّ
To strike a person or thing forcefully, with the hand, an object, or anything capable of striking; of a hawk or falcon, to strike prey with the foot and knock it down.
The expression أَوَّلَ صَكٍّ denotes a first blow or first striking.
- Lane · entry 26279
صَكَّ
To push or thrust someone or something.
- Lane · entry 26279
صَكَّ
To shut or close a door, or to lock it.
Used with a door as its object.
- Lane · entry 26279
صَكَّ
To write a صَكّ, a formal written instrument or document.
This is the verb associated with producing the document called صَكٌّ.
- Lane · entry 26279
صَكِكَ
To be knock-kneed, with the knees colliding; of an animal, to have hocks that collide in movement.
Applied to humans and also to animals such as horses and ostriches.
- Lane · entry 26279
صَاكَّهُ
To strike someone or something, including forcefully or with the hand.
Form III usage; the object may be a person or thing.
- Lane · entry 26280
اِصْطَكَّا
For two people or bodies to strike one another; for knees to collide or swords to clash.
Reciprocal construction, including the expression for two knees knocking together.
- Lane · entry 26281
صَكٌّ
A written instrument: a debenture or written acknowledgment of a debt, property, transaction, contract, judicial decision, or an order for payment of an allowance or stipend.
Plural forms include أَصُكٌّ, صِكَاكٌ, and صُكُوكٌ.
- Lane · entry 26282
صَكَّةٌ
The most intense midday heat of summer.
Especially in the conventional expression صَكَّةَ عُمَىٍّ, describing meeting someone in the blinding heat of summer midday.
- Lane · entry 26283
صُكَاكٌ
The air or atmosphere between heaven and earth.
A dialectal variant of سُكَاكٌ.
- Lane · entry 26284
صَكِيكٌ
Weak, especially one regarded as weak because he is struck frequently.
An adjectival usage in which the form has the sense of a passive participle.
- Lane · entry 26285
صَكَّاكٌ
A writer of صِكَاك documents, including an actuary who records a judge’s sentences.
- Lane · entry 26286
أَصَكُّ
Knock-kneed, with the knees or hocks colliding.
Applied to a person or to an animal such as a horse or ostrich.
- Lane · entry 26287
مِصَكٌّ
Strong or robust; specifically, a head strong enough to butt or knock against other heads.
Applied to people and animals, including camels and asses; the head-specific sense occurs in رَأْسٌ مِصَكٌّ لِلرُّؤُوسِ.
- Lane · entry 26288
مِصَكٌّ
A lock.
Synonymous with مِغْلَاقٌ.
- Lane · entry 26288
مَصْكُوكٌ
Fleshy, as an epithet of a camel.
The explanation pictures flesh as having been thrust into the camel; the usage is reported specifically of camels.
- Lane · entry 26290
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
Lane's printed Quran citation '[li. 29]' is retained only as reported; the modern example location 51:29:5 is used because it is independently supplied by QAC.