Quranic root
دعع
d · ʿ · ʿ
The root centers on movement combined with pushing, thrusting, and agitation.
Its direct Quranic branch is forceful pushing or driving away. Related formations extend the dynamic idea to stirring, shaking, and irregular movement.
- Maqāyīs · row 1758
- 2
- Quran-attested forms
- 2
- Quran senses
- 3
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
دَعَّ
daʿʿa
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- 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.
To push, thrust, or drive away with force; to repel harshly or violently.
In the Quran, this describes thrusting an orphan away and driving people forcefully toward Hell. The active and passive occurrences express the same forceful lexical action, with harshness or roughness included where the context supports it.
- Lane · entry 688
- Mufradāt · row 473
Selected Quran examples
Quran 107:2word 3
“repulses”
Quran 52:13word 2
“they will be thrust”
دَعّ
daʿʿ
- Part of speech
- Verbal 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.
Forceful pushing, thrusting, or driving away.
Verbal noun of دَعَّ. In the Quranic construction دَعًّا, it denotes the forceful action or manner of being driven toward Hell.
- Lane · entry 688
- Mufradāt · row 473
Selected Quran examples
Quran 52:13word 6
“(with) a thrust”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
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