Quranic root
ودق
w · d · q
A semantic orientation of coming to, approaching, and becoming familiar or at ease with someone or something.
The lexical field extends from approach and familiarity to a place of arrival or stopping, while rain is understood as what comes from the sky. Specialized branches also describe an animal's sexual receptivity and red spots in the eye.
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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.
وَدْقٌ
wadqun
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 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.
Rain; the rain or rain-like precipitation seen issuing through cloud layers.
In the Quran, the word denotes rain generally, including rain described as gentle or violent. In 24:43 it refers to the precipitation seen emerging from within the clouds.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 24:43word 14
“the rain”
Quran 30:48word 15
“the rain”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 2 occurrencesBroader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
وَدَقَ بِهِ
To become familiar or at ease with someone; to approach someone in companionship.
A classical verbal usage expressing approach accompanied by familiarity or comfort.
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المَوْدِقُ
A place of approach, arrival, or stopping; also, a place where rain falls.
The term can denote a station where one or an animal comes and stands, as well as the place in which rain occurs.
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وَدِيقٌ / وَدُوقٌ
Of a female animal, sexually receptive and showing moisture when seeking a male.
An animal-specific expression for readiness to mate, also associated with the verbs وَدَقَتْ and اسْتَوْدَقَتْ.
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وَدِيقَةٌ
A haze or dust-like appearance in the air during intense heat.
A specialized term for what becomes visible in the heated air.
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وَدَقٌ
Red spots appearing in the eye.
A separate, anomalous lexical branch; the singular is وَدَقَةٌ.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic occurrences have the inflected surface form وَدْقَ; the public headword is normalized to the citation form وَدْقٌ.