Quranic root
سوح
s · w · ḥ
The root centers on an open area or expanse associated with a house or settlement.
The lexical range extends from a house's open court or yard to a spacious area among dwellings and, more broadly, to a side, quarter, region, or territory.
- Maqāyīs · row 2519
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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.
سَاحَة
sāḥah
- 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 side, quarter, region, or territory; in بِسَاحَتِهِمْ, the area or territory of a people.
Quran-attested in a possessive expression referring to the area or territory associated with a people.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 37:177word 3
“in their territory”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 37:177بِسَاحَتِهِمْin their territory
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
سَاحَة
An open court, yard, or unbuilt area of a house; more broadly, a spacious area among dwellings.
Includes an unbuilt or roofless part of a house, its yard, and a broad open place among a community's dwellings.
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سَاحَة
In بَرِيءُ السَّاحَةِ, free from accusation or blame; innocent.
A conventional idiomatic expression.
- Lane · entry 42607