Quranic root
وأد
w · ʾ · d
The root centers on making something heavy by placing one thing upon another.
Its clearest image is a living child weighed down and hidden by earth; related vocabulary describes the heavy sound of movement, while other derived usages record concealment and measured, calm conduct.
- Maqāyīs · row 4991
- Lane · entry 44823
- Lane · entry 44826
- Lane · entry 44830
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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.
مَوْءُودَة
mawʾūdah
- Part of speech
- Passive 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.
A female child buried alive under earth.
Feminine passive participle of وَأَدَ, used substantively for the victim of the burial.
- Lane · entry 44823
- Lane · entry 44827
Selected Quran examples
Quran 81:8word 2
“the female infant buried alive”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 81:8ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُthe female infant buried alive
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
الوَأْدُ الخَفِيُّ
Coitus interruptus: withdrawal during intercourse to prevent conception.
A conventional expression, literally “hidden burial”; also called الصُّغْرَى in the cited lexical tradition.
- Lane · entry 44823
تَوَأَّدَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَرْضُ
Of the earth or land, to hide or conceal someone, as if removing him from sight.
Used in the construction تَوَأَّدَتْ عَلَيْهِ الأَرْضُ.
- Lane · entry 44824
اِتَّأَدَ
To act or proceed with moderation, gentleness, deliberation, or calmness.
Used of conduct, affairs, or gait, including the constructions اِتَّأَدَ فِي أَمْرِهِ and اِتَّأَدَ فِي مَشْيِهِ.
- Lane · entry 44825
وَأْدٌ
A loud or heavy sound, such as that of a falling wall, heavy footsteps, or a camel’s braying.
The meaning includes the heavy sound produced by vehement treading, especially the feet of camels.
- Lane · entry 44826
وَئِيدٌ
A daughter buried alive.
The feminine وَئِيدَةٌ and the abbreviated form مَوْدَةٌ are also recorded with this meaning.
- Lane · entry 44827
وَائِدٌ
A man who buries his daughter or daughters alive.
Agent noun for the perpetrator of this act.
- Lane · entry 44828
تُؤَدَةٌ
Moderation, gentleness, deliberateness, or a leisurely manner of proceeding; gravity, sedateness, and calmness.
Describes conduct, deportment, or walking in contrast to haste; variant spellings include تُؤْدَةٌ and تُودَةٌ.
- Lane · entry 44830
مَوَائِدُ
Calamities.
Explicitly reported as a transposed form of مَآوِدُ.
- Lane · entry 44832
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The calamities meaning under مَوَائِدُ is explicitly described as a transposition from another lexical form; it is retained as a reported Classical attribution rather than treated as a core derivation of the root.