Quranic root
وضن
w · ḍ · n
The root centers on weaving or interlacing into a close, firm structure.
From weaving armor, the sense extends to any tightly woven or intricately interlaced workmanship, including the Quranic description of woven couches.
- Mufradāt · row 1588
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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.
مَوْضُونٌ
mawḍūnun
- 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.
Closely woven or intricately interlaced.
In the Quran, the feminine form describes the couches of Paradise in 56:15; the contextual rendering “decorated” reflects their elaborate woven workmanship.
- Mufradāt · row 1588
- Lane · entry 30571
Selected Quran examples
Quran 56:15word 3
“decorated”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 56:15مَّوْضُونَةٍۢdecorated
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
وَضِينٌ
A girth or harness strap, especially a broad strap woven from thongs or hair, or made of skin.
Used as equipment fitted to a saddle or howdah, with related saddle-harness terminology distinguishing its particular application.
- Lane · entry 30571
مِيضَنَةٌ
A basket or container, identified with a marjūnah.
A specialized Classical Arabic noun for a type of basket or container.
- Lane · entry 30572
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrence is the feminine inflected form مَوْضُونَةٍ; the public headword is normalized to the masculine singular passive-participle citation form مَوْضُونٌ.
The English gloss “decorated” is contextual support for the Quranic woven-workmanship sense, not a separate lexical sense.