Quranic root
طود
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The root centers on the image of the طَوْد, a great and elevated mountain.
From this central image, the lexicon extends into associated ideas of firmness, heaviness, height, ascent, lofty structures, and movement through mountainous terrain, alongside several specialized figurative and derived usages.
- Maqāyīs · row 3080
- Lane · entry 11913
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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.
طَوْدٌ
ṭawdun
- 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 great mountain.
In the Quranic expression كَالطَّوْدِ الْعَظِيمِ, “like the great mountain,” the noun is used as the object of comparison; the accompanying عظيم describes it as great among mountains.
- Lane · entry 11918
- Mufradāt · row 916
Selected Quran examples
Quran 26:63word 12
“like the mountain”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 26:63كَٱلطَّوْدِlike the mountain
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 14 Classical meanings
طَادَ
To be or become firm or steadfast.
Form I verb.
- Lane · entry 11912
طَوَّدَ
To go around much or often.
Used especially of going about in the mountains or through countries in search of livelihood; it may also be said of going about alone or with another person.
- Lane · entry 11913
طَوَّدَ
To make high or tall.
A transitive Form II use.
- Lane · entry 11913
أَطَادَ
To make or render firm or steadfast.
A transitive Form IV use.
- Lane · entry 11914
اِنْطَادَ
To rise or ascend in the air.
Form VII verb.
- Lane · entry 11916
طَادٌ
Heavy and firm or steadfast.
Adjectival use.
- Lane · entry 11917
طَادٌ
A stallion aroused by sexual desire.
A specialized nominal or adjectival use referring specifically to a stallion.
- Lane · entry 11917
طَوْدٌ
An elevated landform, including a hill or an elevated or overlooking tract of sand.
A broader Classical landform use distinct from the Quranic expression for a great mountain.
- Lane · entry 11918
أَطْوَادٌ
Camels’ humps.
Figurative plural usage, comparing the humps to mountains because of their height.
- Lane · entry 11918
اِبْنُ الطَّوْدِ
A mass of rock falling from the upper part of a mountain; alternatively, an echo.
A conventional expression, as in أَسْرَعُ مِنِ ابْنِ الطَّوْدِ, “quicker than ابن الطود.”
- Lane · entry 11918
مَطَادَةٌ
A far-extending or waterless desert.
Feminine noun; its plural is مَطَاوِدُ.
- Lane · entry 11920
مَطَاوِدُ
Places of perdition.
A figurative use of the plural of مَطَادَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 11920
مُطَوِّدٌ
Remote or distant.
Adjectival use.
- Lane · entry 11921
بِنَاءٌ مُنْطَادٌ
A lofty building rising high in the air.
The participial adjective is used predicatively of a building.
- Lane · entry 11922
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrence is the inflected genitive form طَّوْدِ; the public headword is normalized to the citation form طَوْدٌ.