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Quranic root

دخر

d · kh · r

The root centers on abasement: being reduced to a low, contemptible, or submissive state.

The intransitive Form I denotes being or becoming abject, while Form IV expresses causing another to become abject. The Quranic active participle denotes those in the resulting state. The storage-related forms ادّخر and مُدَّخِرٌ are treated as belonging to a different lexical branch.

  • Maqāyīs · row 1724
  • Lane · entry 347
  • Lane · entry 348
  • Mufradāt · row 460
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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.

دَاخِر

dākhir

Part of speech
Active participle
Quran occurrences
4 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. Abject, humbled, or brought low; in a state of humiliation and submissive lowliness.

    An active participle naming one who is or has become abject. The supplied Quranic contexts range from humble submission to humiliating abasement; these are contextual expressions of the same lexical state, not separate senses.

    • Lane · entry 347
    • Lane · entry 350
    • Mufradāt · row 460
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 16:48word 17

    “(are) humble”

    Quran 27:87word 18

    “humbled”

    Quran 37:18word 4

    “(will be) humiliated”

    Quran 40:60word 13

    “(in) humiliation”

Occurrences in the Quran

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

  • 16:48دَٰخِرُونَ(are) humble
  • 27:87دَٰخِرِينَhumbled
  • 37:18دَٰخِرُونَ(will be) humiliated
  • 40:60دَاخِرِينَ(in) humiliation
View all 4 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 1 Classical meanings

  • أَدْخَرَ

    To render another abject, mean, contemptible, or despicable.

    Form IV causative and transitive: to cause someone to enter a state of abasement.

    • Lane · entry 348

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The forms ادّخر and مُدَّخِرٌ are explicitly referred to the ذخر branch associated with storing or saving, not the Quranic دخر branch of abasement.