Quranic root
لوذ
l · w · dh
The root centers on attaching oneself to something or someone for refuge, protection, and concealment.
From seeking refuge and concealment, the lexical field extends to reciprocal sheltering, circling or encompassing, circumvention, and the side or circuit around a mountain.
- Maqāyīs · row 4248
- Lane · entry 10006
- Lane · entry 10009
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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.
لِوَاذٌ
liwādhun
- Part of speech
- Verbal noun · Form III
- Form
- III
- 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.
Reciprocal seeking of refuge or protection by concealing oneself with or behind others; taking shelter and slipping away one after another.
The Quranic construction presents people seeking refuge or concealment in one another. The form is explicitly treated as the verbal noun of لاوذ, rather than the Form I verbal noun لِيَاذٌ.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 24:63word 15
“under shelter”
Evasion: eluding, shunning, or avoiding someone or something.
An attested interpretation of لِوَاذًا in the Quranic passage; this sense emphasizes getting away or avoiding rather than taking shelter.
- Lane · entry 10007
Acting contrary to, differing from, or being adverse to someone or something.
A Quran-attested interpretation of the form, with the surrounding passage taken to clarify opposition or noncompliance.
- Lane · entry 10007
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 24:63لِوَاذًۭا ۚunder shelter
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 12 Classical meanings
لَاذَ
To have recourse to, seek refuge or protection in, or join oneself to someone or something; to seek aid from it or him and protect oneself by it or him.
Commonly constructed with بِـ; the object may be a person, place, or thing serving as refuge, protection, concealment, or support.
- Lane · entry 10006
لَاذَ
To surround or encompass; to reach or extend to.
A spatial construction describing one place or thing as encircling or reaching another.
- Lane · entry 10006
لَاذَ
To strive to overcome people by maneuvering or employing various means.
Used with بِـ in the reported construction لَاذَ بِالقَوْمِ or لَاذَ بِهِمْ.
- Lane · entry 10006
لَاوَذَ
To go around or encompass people; to surround them.
A Form III construction describing movement around or encirclement of others.
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لَاوَذَ
To circumvent, delude, wheedle, or beguile someone.
A transitive interpersonal use involving maneuvering or manipulation; distinct from the Quranic interpretation of evading or shunning.
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أَلْوَذَ
To cause another to seek refuge or protection in someone or something; alternatively, to protect or conceal another by means of it.
A causative Form IV use relating to refuge, concealment, defense, or fortification.
- Lane · entry 10008
أَلْوَذَ
In a tropical expression, to cover or conceal the shade with the foot, indicating the arrival of the midday heat.
A specialized tropical usage in the expression describing a she-camel covering the shade with her foot.
- Lane · entry 10008
لَوْذٌ
The side, lateral part, or circuit of a mountain; by extension, a side or lateral tract of a region or thing, or a bend in a valley.
A spatial noun; its plural is أَلْوَاذٌ.
- Lane · entry 10009
لَوْذٌ
A position at the side of, adjacent to, or near a place or thing.
Used in locative expressions such as being بِـلَوْذِ a place or thing, or being لَوْذَهُ.
- Lane · entry 10009
لَوْذَانِيَّةٌ
Circumvention or delusion.
A derived abstract noun synonymous with مُرَاوَغَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 10011
مَلَاذٌ
A place of refuge, protection, preservation, or concealment; a refuge, fortress, fortified place, or castle.
A nominal designation for a place to which one resorts for safety or shelter.
- Lane · entry 10012
مُلَاوِذٌ
In the expression خَيْرٌ مُلَاوِذٌ, little good, or good that comes only after severe toil or difficulty.
An idiomatic, marked usage occurring in the fixed expression خَيْرُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ مُلَاوِذٌ.
- Lane · entry 10014
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic لِوَاذًا is explicitly analyzed as the Form III verbal noun of لاوذ, not the Form I verbal noun لِيَاذًا.
The single Quran occurrence has multiple attested lexical interpretations: reciprocal sheltering or concealment, evasion, and opposition; the contextual gloss supplied here illustrates the sheltering interpretation.