Quranic root
صخخ
ṣ · kh · kh
The root denotes a vehement sound or noise, especially one produced by forceful impact and capable of deafening.
The lexical field extends from forceful striking and resounding noise to deafening cries, piercing action, and related figurative uses. In the Quranic noun, this sound-field is concentrated in the deafening eschatological cry or blast associated with the Resurrection.
- Maqāyīs · row 2762
- Lane · entry 25465
- Lane · entry 25468
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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.
صَاخَّةٌ
ṣākhkhahun
- Part of speech
- Active participle · substantivized 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.
The deafening eschatological cry or blast.
In the Quranic usage, it is the vehement sound associated with the Resurrection; one classical interpretation identifies it specifically as the second blast of the trumpet.
- Lane · entry 25468
- Mufradāt · row 817
Selected Quran examples
Quran 80:33word 3
“the Deafening Blast”
The Resurrection itself, used as a designation for the eschatological event.
In the interpretation of 80:33, the noun may designate the Resurrection rather than the cry or blast that announces or occasions it.
- Lane · entry 25468
- Mufradāt · row 817
Selected Quran examples
Quran 80:33word 3
“the Deafening Blast”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 80:33ٱلصَّآخَّةُthe Deafening Blast
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
صَخَّ
To produce a sound so vehement that it deafens the ear; to strike someone on the ear and render him deaf.
The evidence includes both a vehement sound as the cause and a direct strike upon the ear.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّ
To accuse someone of a grave crime and calumniate him.
Figurative usage.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّ
To strike or cast something at someone so as to cause extreme pain; according to an attributed variant report, to kill him.
Reported of a shot or cast directed at a person; the killing implication is presented as an alternative attribution in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّ
To pierce sharply with the beak.
Attested in the expression of a crow piercing into the sore or gall on a camel’s back.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخٌّ
Striking something hard against a solid object, including striking iron against iron.
A verbal-noun usage concerning forceful impact and the resulting hard sound.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّ
To produce a sound when struck, as a stone or mass of rock.
Used of a solid object whose sound is heard upon being struck.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّ
To listen attentively to someone’s narration or discourse.
Used with لِـ in the cited construction صَخَّ لِحَدِيثِهِ.
- Lane · entry 25465
صَخَّةٌ
A sound produced when a mass of rock is struck with a stone.
A concrete sound noun for the noise of rock striking rock.
- Lane · entry 25467
صَاخَّةٌ
A calamity or misfortune, especially a severe one.
A broader Classical Arabic use; the same lexical discussion relates the term’s designation of the Resurrection to its character as a severe calamity.
- Lane · entry 25468
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
QAC classifies the Quranic occurrence as an active participle, while the Classical lexical discussion also records an infinitival interpretation.
The Quranic noun has two closely related traditional interpretations: the deafening eschatological cry or blast, and the Resurrection itself. No Lane citation has been converted from historical notation into an unsupported modern verse location.