Quranic root
كوي
k · w · y
Burning with fire or intense heat, especially by applying it to the skin.
The basic action is burning with fire; in the attested verb, this yields the specialized action of cauterizing or branding with fire or a heated implement.
- Maqāyīs · row 4071
- Lane · entry 32997
- 1
- Quran-attested forms
- 1
- Quran senses
- 1
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
كَوَى
kawā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I
- Form
- I
- 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 cauterize or brand by burning the skin with fire or a heated implement.
In the attested Quranic occurrence, the action is expressed of those who are branded or cauterized; the construction may be rendered in English with a passive expression such as “be branded.”
- Lane · entry 32997
- Mufradāt · row 1278
Selected Quran examples
Quran 9:35word 7
“and will be branded”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 9:35فَتُكْوَىٰand will be branded
Cautions
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The Mufradat entry also discusses كي and كَيْلَا as particles expressing purpose or prevention; that clause is not securely assignable to the كوي root or to the attested verb form.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The clause in mufradat:row:1278 concerning كي and كَيْلَا, including the Quranic example كَيْ لا يَكُونَ دُولَةً [الحشر:7], appears to concern the particle كي rather than the verb root كوي and is therefore not assigned to this artifact.