Quranic root
مشج
m · sh · j
The root centers on mixing, intermingling, and combination.
Its verbal branch denotes mixing or confusing things, while its nominal and adjectival branch denotes something composite or mixed; the Quranic usage applies this latter branch to the mixed constituents of the human origin.
- Maqāyīs · row 4376
- Lane · entry 12671
- Lane · entry 12673
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَشِيجٌ
mashījun
- Part of speech
- Adjective · Quranic plural أَمْشَاج
- 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.
Mixed or composite; in نُطْفَةٌ أَمْشَاجٌ, describing a drop made up of intermingled constituents.
Quranic usage in 76:2. The cited explanations variously describe the mixture as involving blood, seminal fluid and blood, the male and female contributions, or diverse powers within the drop; these are variant accounts of what is mixed, not separate lexical senses.
- Lane · entry 12673
- Mufradāt · row 1369
Selected Quran examples
Quran 76:2word 6
“a mixture”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 76:2أَمْشَاجٍۢa mixture
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 3 Classical meanings
مَشَجَ
To mix or confuse one thing with another; to cause confusion or disturbance between two parties.
The construction مَشَجَ بَيْنَهُمَا denotes making confusion or disturbance between the two.
- Lane · entry 12671
مَشِيجٌ
A thing mixed or confused; a mixture formed by two things, including blended colours, especially a red-and-white mixture.
A broader Classical nominal or adjectival use for a mixed entity or combination.
- Lane · entry 12673
أَمْشَاجٌ
That which collects in the navel.
A specialized Classical usage distinct from the Quranic description of a mixed drop.
- Lane · entry 12673
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The cited explanations differ about which constituents are mixed in the Quranic drop; the stable lexical content is its being mixed or composite.