Quranic root
غدو
gh · d · w
The root centers on time, especially the early part of the day, and on going forth during that period.
From the temporal notion of the early morning developed the verb غَدَا, nouns for morning periods and tomorrow, the morning meal, morning-related clouds, and places or activities associated with morning.
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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.
غَدَا
ghadā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 3 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 go forth or depart in the early part of the morning.
The Quranic usage includes going early to or toward a person, place, or thing, especially in the construction غَدَا عَلَى. The supplied occurrences include perfect and imperative forms.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 3:121word 2
“you left early morning”
Quran 68:22word 2
“Go early”
Quran 68:25word 1
“And they went early”
غَدٌ
ghadun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 5 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.
Tomorrow; the day following the present day.
The Quranic form is used for the coming day, including in expressions such as غَدًا and لِغَدٍ.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:12word 3
“tomorrow”
Quran 59:18word 10
“for tomorrow”
غَدَاءٌ
ghadāʾun
- 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.
The morning meal; a meal eaten in the early part of the day.
The Quranic occurrence denotes the meal itself, not the time at which it is eaten.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:62word 6
“our morning meal”
غَدَاةٌ
ghadāhun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- 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.
The early morning; the first part of the day.
In the Quranic construction بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ, it is paired with the evening period. The expression has been interpreted as the times of the dawn and afternoon prayers, or more generally as regularity in worship.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 6:52word 6
“in the morning”
Quran 18:28word 7
“in the morning”
غُدُوٌّ
ghuduwwun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 5 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.
Morning time or morning going-forth; a morning course or activity.
As a verbal noun, it can denote the early-morning period or movement in it. Quranic usage contrasts it with evening or return and includes the sense of a morning course.
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Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:121غَدَوْتَyou left early morning
- 6:52بِٱلْغَدَوٰةِin the morning
- 7:205بِٱلْغُدُوِّin the mornings
- 12:12غَدًۭاtomorrow
- 13:15بِٱلْغُدُوِّin the mornings
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 15 Classical meanings
غَدَا
To go, depart, or hasten to a person, place, or task at any time.
This is an extension from the primary early-morning sense; the construction may indicate going to or attending something without restricting the time of day.
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غَدَّى
To feed someone the meal called غَدَاءٌ.
A Form II causative verb referring to providing the morning meal.
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تَغَدَّى
To eat the morning meal.
The same verb may refer to eating the pre-dawn meal during Ramadan, because it serves the corresponding function for a fasting person.
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تَغَدَّى
Of camels, to pasture in the first part of the day.
A specialized intransitive use applied to camels.
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غَدٌ
A future time expected to come, whether near or relatively remote.
This is an extended temporal use beyond the ordinary designation of the next day.
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غَدَاةٌ
In the expression ابن غداتين, two days old.
A conventional age expression meaning literally one who belongs to two mornings or days.
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غَدْوَةٌ
A journey made in the first part of the day.
It is opposed to رَوْحَةٌ, a journey or departure in the later part of the day.
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غُدْوَةٌ
The early part of the morning or first part of the day.
It may refer specifically to the period between the dawn prayer and sunrise, or more broadly to the morning before or after sunrise.
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غَدَوِيٌّ
The unborn offspring of a pregnant animal; also a sale made in exchange for such unborn offspring.
A technical term for a hazardous transaction involving what an animal will give birth to; variant forms are reported in the lexical tradition.
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غَدْيَانُ
Eating the meal called غَدَاءٌ; breakfast-eating.
The source also records related feminine forms used adjectivally.
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غَدَاءٌ
The pasture of camels in the first part of the day.
This is distinct from the meal noun غَدَاءٌ and is understood from the morning-time association.
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غَدِيٌّ
Of or relating to tomorrow or the morrow.
A relational adjective derived from غَدٌ.
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الغَادِي
The lion.
A figurative designation based on the lion's going forth against prey in the early morning.
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غَادِيَةٌ
A cloud arising in the morning, or a morning rain.
The term may denote either the morning cloud or the rain associated with it.
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مَغْدًى
A place to which people go or return in the morning.
It is opposed to مَرَاحٌ or مَرَاحَةٌ, a destination or movement associated with the later part of the day.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The QAC lemma written غَدَوٰة corresponds in the supplied Quran occurrences to the citation form غَدَاةٌ; related forms غَدْوَةٌ and غُدْوَةٌ are also recorded in Classical Arabic.
Quran examples use the supplied QAC verse locations. Historical citation notation in the lexical evidence was not used to infer or alter modern verse numbering.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
lane-unit:gdw:28958:g1:main contains a pointer to غَدَا and an unsupported report that اِسْتَغْدَى is synonymous with تَغَدَّى. The unsupported Form X claim is retained as an ambiguity rather than presented as an established meaning.