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Quranic root

صنو

ṣ · n · w

The root centers on close relation or common origin between separate things.

Its central image is multiple trees or shoots emerging from one root; this extends to kinship and physical proximity, while a divergent lexical branch denotes a ground depression or water-hole.

  • Maqāyīs · row 2850
  • Mufradāt · row 853
  • Lane · entry 26715
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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.

صِنْوٌ

ṣinwun

Part of speech
Noun
Quran occurrences
2 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.

  1. One of multiple tree-shoots or trees issuing from a single root; in the Quran, a palm tree growing together with others from one root.

    The singular names each member in relation to its companions; the Quranic plural صِنْوَانٌ is contrasted with trees having separate roots.

    • Lane · entry 26715
    • Mufradāt · row 853
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 13:4word 10

    “trees (growing) from a single root”

    Quran 13:4word 12

    “trees (growing) from a single root”

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 13:4صِنْوَانٌۭtrees (growing) from a single root
  • 13:4صِنْوَانٍۢtrees (growing) from a single root
View all 2 occurrences

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 6 Classical meanings

  • أَصْنَى

    Of palm trees: to grow in pairs, triplets, or more, emerging together from single roots.

    A Form IV derived verb used of palms growing jointly from one root.

    • Lane · entry 26712

  • صِنْوٌ

    A relative regarded as branching from the same stock: a brother, and by extension a son or a paternal uncle.

    A figurative or extended use referring to common lineage; the cited attestations vary in the precise specification of the brother relationship.

    • Lane · entry 26715

  • أَصْنَاءٌ

    Likes, counterparts, or fellows.

    Attested as a meaning of the plural form أَصْنَاءٌ.

    • Lane · entry 26715

  • رَكِيَّتَانِ صِنْوَانِ

    Two wells close together, or two wells drawing water from one spring.

    A conventional expression describing wells connected by proximity or a shared source of water.

    • Lane · entry 26715

  • صِنْوٌ

    A widened pit or well from which water is not drawn and whose water is unused.

    A specialized Classical Arabic use, with the plural صِنْوَانٌ.

    • Lane · entry 26715

  • صُنَيٌّ

    A small, unused water-hole; alternatively, a cleft, ravine, or gap between mountains in which water flows.

    The cited lexical tradition reports the water-hole and mountain-ravine interpretations as alternative applications of the diminutive.

    • Lane · entry 26716

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • Lane records dialectal vocalic variants of صِنْوٌ and variant plural forms; the public Quranic headword uses the supported singular citation form.

  • The صُنَيٌّ entry preserves alternative reported interpretations rather than resolving them into a single physical referent.