Quranic root
قثأ
q · th · ʾ
The supplied lexical evidence centers on قِثَّاء, a cucumber or cucumber-like vegetable.
The lexical field extends from the vegetable name to a derived verb meaning that land, a place, or people have an abundance of it, and to a noun for land or a place where it is sown and grows.
- Lane · entry 7825
- Lane · entry 7826
- Lane · entry 7827
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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.
قِثَّاء
qiththāʾ
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
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Cucumber; a cucumber or cucumber-like vegetable.
The Quranic occurrence uses the inflected possessive expression قِثَّائِهَا, referring to the vegetable in a coordinated list of foods.
- Lane · entry 7826
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:61word 19
“[and] its cucumbers”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:61وَقِثَّآئِهَا[and] its cucumbers
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 2 Classical meanings
أَقْثَأَ
Of land or a place, to abound in قِثَّاء; of people, to have an abundance of it.
A Form IV derived verb used with land, places, or people as the subject.
- Lane · entry 7825
مَقْثَأَة
A place or tract of land where قِثَّاء is sown and grows.
Also attested in the variant form مَقْثُؤَة.
- Lane · entry 7827
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic surface form is inflected and possessive; the public headword is normalized to the citation form قِثَّاء.