Quranic root
وشي
w · sh · y
The supplied evidence centers the root on introducing a distinguishing variation or ornament into a surface or expression, while also preserving a separately reported branch of increase and fertility.
Concrete variegation or figuring of cloth yields the noun for a contrasting colour-mark and the figurative use for embellished or distorted speech. A separate line of increase, prolific reproduction, and abundance is also reported, but it is not assigned to the supplied Quranic noun.
- Maqāyīs · row 5124
- Lane · entry 30527
- Lane · entry 30528
- Mufradāt · row 1581
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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.
شِيَةٌ
shiyahun
- 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 patch or mark of colour differing from the predominant colour; a contrasting colour-mark or blemish.
In the Quranic construction لَا شِيَةَ فِيهَا, it denotes the absence of such a contrasting mark in the described object.
- Lane · entry 30528
- Mufradāt · row 1581
Selected Quran examples
Quran 2:71word 15
“blemish”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 2:71شِيَةَblemish
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 8 Classical meanings
وَشَى
To variegate or figure cloth or a garment, to embellish it, or to mark a thing with a contrasting trace.
Concrete use concerning surface coloration, ornamentation, or patterned marking.
- Lane · entry 30527
- Mufradāt · row 1581
وَشَى
To embellish or distort speech, including by lying; with بِهِ, to carry tales about, calumniate, or misrepresent someone to an authority.
The speech use is figurative, based on the ornamentation or patterning of cloth; the construction وَشَى بِهِ refers to the person reported against or misrepresented.
- Lane · entry 30527
- Mufradāt · row 1581
وَشْيٌ
A kind of variegated or figured cloth or garment.
A concrete noun for the decorated textile itself.
- Lane · entry 30529
وَشْيٌ
Variegation, figured work, or the making of something parti-coloured; also a natural diversity of colours.
An abstract or process noun for patterned or contrasting coloration.
- Lane · entry 30529
وَاشٍ
A talebearer.
A figurative designation for one who conveys reports or tales.
- Mufradāt · row 1581
شِيَةٌ
A mark, sign, symptom, or token by which a thing is known.
A broader identifying-mark use, distinct from the specifically contrasting-colour sense attested in the Quranic occurrence.
- Lane · entry 30528
مَوْشِيٌّ
A saying that has been misrepresented.
Attested in the construction قَوْلٌ مَوْشِيٌّ بِهِ.
- Lane · entry 30532
مَوْشِيٌّ
A musical reed-pipe.
A specialized lexical use attributed to an archaic poetic usage.
- Lane · entry 30532
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The contextual rendering “blemish” is compatible with the Quranic usage, but the lexical evidence specifically emphasizes a contrasting colour-mark and does not by itself require a moral sense.
The Quran occurrence شِيَةَ is presented under the normalized citation form شِيَةٌ.