Quranic root
قصو
q · ṣ · w
A semantic field of distance and remoteness: being far away, at an extremity, or set apart.
The field includes an abstract noun for distance, adjectives for remote and farthest places, and intransitive and causative verbs for withdrawing or putting at a distance. The lexical discussion also records specialized camel terminology, including an ear-cutting verb and terms for camels kept apart from use.
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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.
أَقْصَى
ʾaqṣā
- Part of speech
- Adjective / substantivized noun
- Quran occurrences
- 3 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.
Farthest or most remote; the farthest part, side, or end.
Used attributively with a place noun and substantivized for a remote extremity or locality, as in the farthest mosque and the farthest part of a city.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 17:1word 11
“Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa”
Quran 28:20word 4
“(the) farthest end”
Quran 36:20word 3
“(the) farthest end”
قَصِيّ
qaṣiyy
- Part of speech
- Adjective
- 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.
Distant; remote.
An adjectival description of something far away; the Quranic occurrence describes a remote location.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 19:22word 5
“remote”
قُصْوَىٰ
quṣwāā
- Part of speech
- Adjective · feminine elative
- 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.
The farther or farthest; the more remote side or region.
A feminine elative adjective qualifying a place or side; in the Quran it denotes the farther bank or side.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 8:42word 7
“the farther”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 8:42ٱلْقُصْوَىٰthe farther
- 17:1ٱلْأَقْصَاAl-Masjid Al-Aqsa
- 19:22قَصِيًّۭاremote
- 28:20أَقْصَا(the) farthest end
- 36:20أَقْصَا(the) farthest end
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 5 Classical meanings
القَصَى
Distance or remoteness.
An abstract noun for being far away.
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قَصَا
To be or become distant; to go away from.
Used with عن for withdrawal or distance from someone or something.
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أَقْصَى
To put at a distance; to remove or drive away.
The causative verb expresses making someone or something distant or removing it from a place or association.
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قَصَا البعير / قَصْوَاء
To cut a camel’s ear; a camel or she-camel with a cut ear.
The verb denotes the ear-cutting action; قَصْوَاء and أَقْصَى are recorded as descriptors for the resulting camel.
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قَصِيَّة
A camel kept apart from use or set aside from the working herd.
A specialized term used of camels that are remote from ordinary use.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
No Lane primary or Maqayis evidence was supplied; the lexical coverage and root orientation therefore rely on the matched Mufradat entry together with the canonical QAC forms.
The أَقْصَى Quranic form group contains both adjective and substantivized noun tags, which are covered within one public form and sense.