Quranic root
كلو
k · l · w
The supplied evidence does not establish an independent root-level semantic principle. It chiefly documents the dual expression كِلَا and its feminine counterpart كِلْتَا.
The lexical discussion treats كِلَا as singular in form but dual in meaning, with كِلْتَا used for the feminine counterpart; no broader semantic development is supplied.
- Mufradāt · row 1262
- 2
- Quran-attested forms
- 2
- Quran senses
- 2
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
كِلَا
kilā
- Part of speech
- Dual pronoun/determiner
- 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 masculine dual pronoun or determiner: both of the two.
Singular in form but dual in meaning. When annexed to an explicit noun, its alif remains; when annexed to a pronoun, it is inflected, as in كِلَاهُمَا and كِلَيْهِمَا. The supplied Quran occurrence is the attached-pronoun form كِلَاهُمَا.
- Mufradāt · row 1262
Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:23word 15
“both of them”
كِلْتَا
kiltā
- Part of speech
- Feminine dual pronoun/determiner
- 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 feminine dual pronoun or determiner: both of two feminine entities.
The feminine counterpart of كِلَا. It is used with a feminine dual referent; the supplied Quran occurrence is annexed to the explicit noun الْجَنَّتَيْنِ.
- Mufradāt · row 1262
Selected Quran examples
Quran 18:33word 1
“Each”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 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 2 Classical meanings
الكُلَى
A term for feathers of the kind so designated.
A Classical Arabic lexical noun; the supplied evidence gives a cross-reference for further clarification.
- Lane · entry 32935
الكُلْيَتَانِ
A name for two stars on the ear of Taurus.
A dual astronomical name, also referred to by the name الكَلْبَانِ in the supplied entry.
- Lane · entry 32936
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The unvocalized spelling كلا is ambiguous. The supplied Mufradat entry for كَلَّا concerns a particle of repudiation or rebuke, not the Quranic nominal forms كِلَا and كِلْتَا, so it is not assigned to either public form.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
Mufradat row 1266 discusses the distinct particle كَلَّا and has no corresponding supplied QAC form group; it is therefore excluded from the lexical senses of this root artifact.