Quranic root

معي

m · ʿ · y

The supplied lexical evidence centers on the intestine or bowels, with specialized anatomical, topographical, and tropical extensions.

No independent root-level semantic principle or historical development is supplied in the packet beyond these lexical attestations.

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

ʾamʿāʾ

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 4 Classical meanings

مِعًى
A narrow, depressed place.
A topographical noun use.
- Lane · entry 5777
مِعًى
Dung, in the expression بَنَاتٌ مِعًى.
Attested as a conventional expression.
- Lane · entry 5777
المِعَى المُسْتَقِيمُ
The rectum.
A specific anatomical term referring to the straight intestine.
- Lane · entry 5777
أَمْعَاء
Water-holes.
A tropical or figurative use of the plural; the supplied evidence refers onward for fuller treatment.
- Lane · entry 5778

Points that affect how this root should be read.

No Maqāyīs or Mufradāt evidence was supplied, so the root idea is limited to the direct lexical evidence in the packet.
The specialized singular and tropical uses are kept separate from the Quranic plural noun sense.