Quranic root
مدن
m · d · n
The supplied lexical evidence centers on مَدِينَة, a city or settled urban place, together with its plural forms.
The evidence records مدينة as a فعيلة noun, its plural مُدُن, and a related expression for making or founding a city; it does not establish a broader abstract root principle.
- Maqāyīs · row 4327
- Mufradāt · row 1353
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
- 17
- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَدِينَة
madīnah
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 17 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A city or town; an inhabited urban settlement.
Used as a common noun and, in some Quranic occurrences, as the proper name al-Madīnah. The supplied plural مَدَآئِن is included under this citation headword.
- Mufradāt · row 1353
Selected Quran examples
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 7:111ٱلْمَدَآئِنِthe cities
- 7:123ٱلْمَدِينَةِthe city
- 9:101ٱلْمَدِينَةِ ۖ(of) the Madinah
- 9:120ٱلْمَدِينَةِof the Madinah
- 12:30ٱلْمَدِينَةِthe city
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 1 Classical meanings
مَدِينَتِهَا
A skilful guide, in the idiomatic expression “he is the son of her city.”
A fixed phrase-level Classical Arabic usage; it is not a general independent meaning of مدينة.
- Lane · entry 5648
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The ordinary Quranic city meaning is directly supported by the Quran-focused lexical evidence; the supplied Lane material is limited to a pointer and a phrase-level idiom.