Quranic root
لفو
l · f · w
No root-level semantic principle is established by the supplied evidence.
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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.
أَلْفَى
ʾalfā
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form IV
- Form
- IV
- Quran occurrences
- 3 occurrences
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 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 1 Classical meanings
تَلَافَى
To repair or remedy a shortcoming, failure, deficiency, or inconsistent act; to restore a condition, including by reconciliation.
A Form VI derived verb; may be used of repairing an affair or condition, including through peace or reconciliation.
- Lane · entry 20679
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The supplied Quran Foundation glosses translate the three Quran occurrences of أَلْفَى as forms of “find,” but no supplied Lane or Mufradat evidence directly establishes that Quranic sense; it is therefore not presented as a numbered dictionary sense.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The Quran-attested Form IV verb أَلْفَى occurs at 2:170:12, 12:25:7, and 37:69:2 with contextual glosses meaning “find,” but the packet supplies no direct lexical evidence from Lane or Mufradat for assigning that meaning.