Quranic root
فقد
f · q · d
The root centers on the loss or disappearance of something that was present, so that it is no longer found or within reach.
The basic notion of losing or missing develops into deliberate checking or searching for what is absent. The Quran-focused evidence distinguishes فقد from absolute nonexistence and تفقّد from merely recognizing a previously known condition.
- Maqāyīs · row 3624
- Mufradāt · row 1125
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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.
فَقَدَ
faqada
- 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 miss, fail to find, or lack something because it is absent.
In the Yusuf passage, the missing object is something expected to be present. The usage denotes absence after prior existence or failure to locate it, rather than mere nonexistence.
- Lane · entry 34641
- Mufradāt · row 1125
Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:71word 5
“you miss”
Quran 12:72word 2
“We are missing”
تَفَقَّدَ
tafaqqada
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form V
- Form
- V
- 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.
To inspect or investigate by deliberately seeking what may be missing.
The Form V construction conveys checking, often deliberate or repeated, to determine what is absent or to obtain knowledge of its condition. In the Quranic occurrence, the birds are being checked.
- Lane · entry 34643
- Mufradāt · row 1125
Selected Quran examples
Quran 27:20word 1
“And he inspected”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 7 Classical meanings
أَفْقَدَ
To cause someone to lose, or to fail to find, a person or thing.
A causative transitive use. A reported expression applying the verb to the loss or annulment of desire is specifically treated as non-established, with other verbs preferred for that wording.
- Lane · entry 34642
تَفَاقَدَ
To lose one another.
A reciprocal Form VI construction, attested in the plural form تفاقدوا.
- Lane · entry 34644
الفَقْدُ
A plant resembling dodder, and a beverage made from raisins or honey, sometimes strengthened by adding that plant.
A specialized botanical and beverage term, with variant descriptions of the plant and preparation.
- Lane · entry 34646
فَقِيدٌ، مَفْقُودٌ
Lost, absent, not found or seen, missed, or lacking.
Describes the person or thing that is missing or not possessed; مَفْقُودٌ is explicitly cross-referenced as equivalent.
- Lane · entry 34649
فَاقِدٌ
One who does not find, has lost, or lacks something.
An active-participial use describing failure to find or see something, or being without it.
- Lane · entry 34650
فَاقِدٌ
A woman bereaved by the death of her husband, child, or relation; in one usage, a widow who remarries.
A specialized nominal use of فَاقِدٌ referring to a woman who has suffered such a loss.
- Lane · entry 34650
فَاقِدٌ، فَاقِدَةٌ
A female gazelle, cow, or pigeon whose young has been devoured by a predator.
A specialized application to female animals explicitly described as having lost their young in this manner.
- Lane · entry 34650
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Form I public headword is normalized to the perfect فَقَدَ; the Quranic occurrences are imperfect forms نَفْقِدُ and تَفْقِدُ.
The Form IV causative is Classical-only here, and one reported idiomatic use of it is explicitly disputed.