Quranic root
كند
k · n · d
The root centers on cutting or severing; figuratively, cutting off acknowledgment or thanks yields ingratitude, while the same imagery describes land that produces nothing.
The lexical development links كَنُودٌ, “ungrateful,” with cutting off gratitude, and extends the root principle to barren land. Literal cutting and the derived sense “habitual cutter” remain distinct Classical branches.
- Maqāyīs · row 4043
- Lane · entry 28568
- Lane · entry 28571
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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.
كَنُود
kanūd
- Part of speech
- Adjective (substantive 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.
Ungrateful; failing to acknowledge or appreciate benefits.
In the Quranic occurrence at 100:6, it describes the human being in relation to his Lord. The sense concerns cutting off or denying acknowledgment of beneficence.
- Lane · entry 28571
- Mufradāt · row 1271
Selected Quran examples
Quran 100:6word 4
“(is) surely ungrateful”
A denier or unbeliever.
A distinct reported interpretation of كَنُود in the Quranic verse 100:6, emphasizing denial or unbelief rather than ordinary failure to show gratitude.
- Lane · entry 28571
One who blames his Lord, dwelling on misfortunes while forgetting benefits.
A reported interpretation of the Quranic occurrence at 100:6; it highlights a habitual reckoning of evils and neglect of benefits.
- Lane · entry 28571
Rebellious or disobedient.
A dialectal interpretation attributed to Kindah and explicitly reported for كَنُود in the Quranic verse 100:6.
- Lane · entry 28571
Niggardly, withholding, or avaricious.
A dialectal interpretation attributed to Banū Mālik and reported for كَنُود in the Quranic verse 100:6; it describes grudging retention rather than mere verbal denial.
- Lane · entry 28571
A person who eats alone, withholds hospitality, and beats a slave.
A reported interpretation of كَنُود in 100:6. Its linguistic basis and its compatibility with the construction لِرَبِّهِ are explicitly treated as doubtful in the lexical evidence.
- Lane · entry 28571
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 100:6لَكَنُودٌۭ(is) surely ungrateful
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 6 Classical meanings
كَنَدَ
To be ungrateful; to disacknowledge a benefit or beneficence.
The verb may take a benefit or benefactor's beneficence as its object. A cited behavioral illustration pairs refusing when asked with ingratitude when given; refusal is not separately established here as an independent sense.
- Lane · entry 28568
كَنَدَ
To cut or sever something.
The supplied citation writes the object form as كَنَذُهُ under the كَنَدَ entry; the lexical meaning is clear, but the exact spelling or form relation is uncertain.
- Lane · entry 28568
كِنْدَة
A portion or section of a mountain.
A Classical Arabic nominal usage.
- Lane · entry 28570
كَنُود
Ungrateful or unappreciative in friendship, loving association, or intimate intercourse.
A Classical description of ingratitude in social or intimate association; the evidence does not impose a gender restriction on the construction.
- Lane · entry 28571
أَرْضٌ كَنُودٌ
Land that produces nothing; barren or unproductive land.
Applied specifically to land that fails to grow or yield produce.
- Lane · entry 28571
كَنَّاد
One who cuts or severs habitually.
A derived agentive usage describing a person accustomed to cutting or severing.
- Lane · entry 28572
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The single Quranic occurrence has several divergent lexical interpretations in the evidence, including dialectal readings; these are retained as distinct Quran-attested senses because they are explicitly assigned to the verse.
The literal-cut citation appears as كَنَذُهُ under the كَنَدَ entry; its lexical meaning is retained, but its exact orthographic or morphological relation to كَنَدَ is uncertain.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The relation between the spelling كَنَذُهُ in the literal-cut citation and the canonical entry headword كَنَدَ cannot be resolved from the supplied packet.