Quranic root
كهف
k · h · f
The root denotes a cave or cavern in a mountain, a concrete place noun.
The supplied evidence supports the concrete meaning of a mountain cave but does not establish a broader semantic development.
- Maqāyīs · row 4056
- Mufradāt · row 1273
- 1
- Quran-attested forms
- 1
- Quran senses
- 6
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
كَهْف
kahf
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 6 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.
A cave or cavern in a mountain.
In the supplied Quran occurrences, the noun appears in definite and possessive/genitive constructions, including الْكَهْفِ (“the cave”) and كَهْفِهِمْ (“their cave”), referring in context to the cave of the Companions of the Cave.
- Mufradāt · row 1273
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 18:9ٱلْكَهْفِ(of) the cave
- 18:10ٱلْكَهْفِthe cave
- 18:11ٱلْكَهْفِthe cave
- 18:16ٱلْكَهْفِthe cave
- 18:17كَهْفِهِمْtheir cave
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Lane primary source units were supplied for this root; the entry's lexical coverage is therefore based on the supplied Mufradat and Maqayis evidence.