Quranic root
وهي
w · h · y
The root centers on relaxation or loss of firmness in something.
Its semantic development extends from a slit or rent and a loosened bond to weakness, unsoundness, and frailty.
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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.
وَاهٍ
wāhin
- 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.
Frail, weakened, or loosened; lacking firmness or structural soundness.
The Quranic occurrence is the feminine form وَاهِيَةٌ, describing the sky as having lost its firmness in the setting of its splitting.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 69:16word 5
“frail”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 69:16وَاهِيَةٌۭfrail
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 4 Classical meanings
وَهَى
To be or become greatly slit, rent, or torn.
A Form I verb describing the development of a slit or rent in something.
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وَهَى
To become lax, flaccid, uncompact, unsound, or weak.
A Form I verb used of a rope or other thing, and figuratively of an affair or case entering a weak or unsound state.
- Lane · entry 30718
وَهَى
To fall.
A separately reported use of the Form I verb.
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الوَهْيُ
A slit or rent in leather, cloth, or a similar material.
A nominal lexical use for a break or opening in a flexible material.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword is normalized to the masculine singular citation form وَاهٍ; the Quranic occurrence itself is feminine وَاهِيَةٌ. The reported Classical verb meaning “to fall” is not assigned to the Quranic adjective.