Quranic root
قطف
q · ṭ · f
The root centers on taking fruit from a tree: picking, gathering, and the produce obtained by picking.
The concrete action develops into terms for fruit clusters, gathered produce, the time of harvest, fallen remnants, and figurative uses for an animal's quick stepping and for scratching.
- Maqāyīs · row 3805
- Mufradāt · row 1194
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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.
قِطْفٌ
qiṭfun
- Part of speech
- Noun · plural Quranic form
- Quran occurrences
- 2 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.
Fruit plucked or gathered from a tree, especially a fruit cluster or bunch, such as grapes.
The Quranic form is the plural قُطُوفُ and refers to fruit clusters or gathered fruit, described in the supplied passages as near and within reach.
- Lane · entry 21030
- Mufradāt · row 1194
Selected Quran examples
Quran 69:23word 1
“Its clusters of fruits”
Quran 76:14word 5
“its cluster of fruits”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 8 Classical meanings
قَطَافٌ
The time of gathering the grape crop; also the gathering or harvesting of that crop.
The related forms قَطَافٌ and قِطَافٌ are used for the harvest period and, in some attestations, for the act of gathering.
- Lane · entry 21032
أَقْطَفَ الكَرْمُ
For a vine, to approach its harvest or become ready for gathering.
A verbal construction describing the nearness of the vine's harvest.
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قُطَافَةٌ
The pieces or remnants that fall from gathered fruit, like refuse.
Refers to material shed from the fruit clusters during or after gathering.
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قَطُوفٌ
Of an animal, moving with rapid, short steps, as though picking something from the ground.
A figurative description of an animal's manner of walking.
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قَطْفٌ
Scratching or making a scratch.
An extended, reported usage whose sense is described as closely related to picking.
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قَطِيفٌ، قَطَائِفُ
A collective culinary term for a preparation associated with zalābiya and applied to kunāfa.
قَطِيفٌ is described as a collective generic noun synonymous with قَطَائِفُ.
- Lane · entry 21033
- Lane · entry 21034
قَطِيفَةٌ
A villous or napped covering garment or outer wrap.
A textile or garment usage distinct from the fruit-related branch.
- Lane · entry 21033
مِقْطَفٌ
A handbasket made of palm leaves, originally used for gathering fruit.
The vulgar form مَقْطَفٌ and plural مَقَاطِف are also reported.
- Lane · entry 21035
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword is the singular citation form قِطْفٌ, while both Quranic occurrences are the plural قُطُوفُ.