Quranic root
قنو
q · n · w
The supplied evidence associates قنو vocabulary with retaining or acquiring something and with branched or elongated forms, such as a date bunch, spear shaft, or channel. It does not establish one uncontested abstract root principle.
The Quranic قِنْوٌ denotes a date bunch. Related explanations connect قَنَاةٌ with قِنْوٌ through branching, line, and extension, while the acquisition vocabulary emphasizes keeping something as a permanent possession. These are reported lexical developments rather than a single meaning of every form.
- Mufradāt · row 1215
- Lane · entry 21152
- Lane · entry 21154
- Lane · entry 21157
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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.
قِنْوٌ
qinwun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- 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.
A cluster or bunch of dates borne by a palm.
The Quranic form قِنْوَانٌ denotes such date clusters in the expression قِنْوَانٌ دَانِيَةٌ.
- Mufradāt · row 1215
Selected Quran examples
Quran 6:99word 23
“clusters of dates”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 6:99قِنْوَانٌۭclusters of dates
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 10 Classical meanings
قَنِيَ
To preserve or retain one's sense of shame or modesty.
Used with الحياء; the supplied evidence equates this use with اِسْتَحْيَى.
- Lane · entry 21152
قَنَا
To take or acquire sheep or goats as a permanent possession.
The possession is for keeping, not for sale or merchandise.
- Lane · entry 21152
اِقْتَنَى
To gain, acquire, or take property and similar possessions for oneself permanently.
Attested of property, camels, and comparable possessions kept as permanent stock rather than merchandise.
- Lane · entry 21154
قِنْيَةٌ
Livestock kept as a permanent possession rather than acquired for sale.
The supplied evidence specifically mentions sheep or goats.
- Lane · entry 21159
قَنًا
A protruding or aquiline shape of the nose.
The related adjectival forms are أَقْنَى for a man and قَنْوَاءُ for a woman.
- Mufradāt · row 1215
- Lane · entry 21156
قَنَاةٌ
A spear shaft or hollow spear; also a pipe-like channel, conduit, or spout.
The channel, pipe, and spout applications belong to the same hollow, elongated semantic branch as the spear shaft.
- Lane · entry 21157
قَنَاةٌ
A wild cow.
This is a reported Classical sense, explicitly attributed as such and cross-referenced in the supplied evidence.
- Lane · entry 21157
قَنَا
An Egyptian regional name for وُشَّق, also called أُشَّق or أُشَّج.
A regional plant or substance name in the supplied lexical record.
- Lane · entry 21156
أَقْنَى
More or most preservative, especially of modesty.
Attested in the proverbial expression خَلَاؤُكَ أَقْنَى لِحَيَائِكَ.
- Lane · entry 21160
مُقَانَاةٌ
The weaving together of one white thread and one black thread.
A specialized Classical textile usage.
- Lane · entry 21161
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The only QAC occurrence is the noun قِنْوَانٌ at 6:99:23; قِنْوٌ is used as the normalized singular citation form.
The wild-cow sense of قَنَاةٌ is included as a reported Classical usage, not as a Quranic sense.