Quranic root
ثوي
th · w · y
The root centers on remaining in a place with settled residence.
From the idea of settled dwelling, the lexical family extends to a place of abode, a resident, lodging and hospitality, animal shelters, and fixed way-markers associated with return and settlement.
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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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.
مَثْوًى
mathwan
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 13 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.
A place of settled residence; an abode, dwelling, or place where someone remains and settles.
Used for a person's or group's place of stay or abode, including a settled or destined place of residence. Possessive forms may be translated as someone's stay, abode, or resting place.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:21word 8
“his stay”
Quran 6:128word 25
“(is) your abode”
Quran 47:19word 14
“and your resting places”
ثَاوٍ
thāwin
- Part of speech
- Active participle
- 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.
One who remains, resides, or dwells; a resident or dweller.
Active participle of ثَوَى. In the Quranic occurrence, it denotes residence among the people of Midian.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 28:45word 9
“a dweller”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 3:151مَثْوَى(is the) abode
- 6:128مَثْوَىٰكُمْ(is) your abode
- 12:21مَثْوَىٰهُhis stay
- 12:23مَثْوَاىَ ۖmy stay
- 16:29مَثْوَى(is the) abode
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 21 Classical meanings
ثَوَى
To remain, stay, dwell, or abide in a place; also to alight and settle there, especially for a prolonged stay.
Attested with constructions using بِ or فِي for the place of residence; a related construction uses إِلَى when one betakes oneself to someone for a stay.
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ثَوَى
To be slain and remain where one fell; to remain in one's grave, and hence to die.
A conventional extension of remaining to death or continued presence in the grave.
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ثُوِيَ
To be buried.
The passive form is explained through the permanence of burial as a final dwelling.
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أَثْوَى
To cause someone to remain, stay, dwell, or abide in a place.
A causative construction, including causing someone to remain for a long time.
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أَثْوَى
To lodge someone, make him a guest, or entertain him as a guest.
A hospitality use of the causative verb.
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تَثَوَّاهُ
To become someone's guest.
The reflexive or middle formation describes assuming the status of a guest.
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ثَايَةٌ / ثَوِيَّةٌ
A lodging or nightly resting place for livestock, including camels, sheep, goats, and cattle.
Refers to a place where animals rest after ranging in pasture or around tents and houses.
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ثَايَةٌ
A shelter made from two or three trees with a cloth thrown over them for shade or protection from the sun.
A simple temporary shade or shelter.
- Lane · entry 27692
ثَايَةٌ / ثُوَّةٌ
Raised stones or a rugged elevated spot serving as a way-marker.
Used as a visible guide for a herder returning by night; the marker may be about the height of a seated man.
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ثَايَةٌ
The part of a slaughtered camel that is the place for stabbing.
An anatomical or butchery term.
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ثَوِيٌّ
A guest.
A nominal use distinct from the adjective meaning one who remains.
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ثَوِيٌّ
One who remains, stays, dwells, or abides.
An adjectival or nominal designation for a person characterized by remaining in a place.
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ثَوِيٌّ
One who resides in either of the two sacred cities or territories of Mecca and Medina.
A specialized designation for a resident or long-term sojourner in either sacred territory.
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ثَوِيٌّ
One who endures prolonged military or raiding expeditions while detained in enemy territory or on an enemy frontier.
A specialized description of persistence under military or frontier conditions.
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ثَوِيٌّ
A captive.
A specialized nominal use reported for one detained or held.
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ثَوِيٌّ
A chamber, house, or tent prepared for a guest; also, according to one usage, a chamber within a chamber.
A lodging space prepared for hospitality.
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ثَوِيَّةٌ
A woman to whom one resorts in order to remain or stay with her.
Occurs in the construction يُثْوَى إِلَيْهَا, describing resorting to her for residence or companionship.
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ثَاوٍ
A stranger residing or remaining in a country or town.
Especially used in the construction ثَاوِي بَلْدَةٍ for a non-native resident who stays in a country or town.
- Lane · entry 27697
ثَاوٍ
A man remaining in his grave.
A specialized participial use connected with continued presence after burial.
- Lane · entry 27697
ثَاوِيٌّ
A rhyme whose characteristic or defining letter is ث.
A technical poetic term.
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أَبُو المَثْوَى / أُمُّ المَثْوَى
In compounds, the master or mistress of a house, tent, lodging-place, or abode; أبو مَثْوَى الرجل may denote the host at whose abode someone lodges, and in a reported usage the entertained guest.
These are conventional compounds built from مَثْوًى and refer to hospitality, lodging, or the persons associated with an abode.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The QAC nominal tag for ثَاوِيًا is refined to “Active participle” because the supplied derived morphology identifies it as ACTIVE_PARTICIPLE.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The supplemental Lane entry lane:entry:27624 is cross-reference context only under the packet policy; its additional meanings concerning household goods, milk-skin protection, and related objects are therefore not assigned as direct meanings of this root.