Quranic root
وتد
w · t · d
The root centers on a peg or stake fixed in the ground or a wall, with related ideas of firmness, stabilization, and peg-like projection.
The lexical field extends from fixing a physical peg to becoming firm, making something secure, and figuratively naming supports or prominent projections. The Quranic image of mountains as pegs applies this stabilizing image to the earth.
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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.
وَتِدٌ
watidun
- Part of speech
- Noun · plural in Quran
- Quran occurrences
- 3 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.
A peg or stake fixed in the ground or a wall.
The Quranic form is the plural أَوْتَاد. It denotes stakes or pegs in the ordinary physical sense, including the stake imagery of 38:12 and 89:10.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 38:12word 8
“(of) the stakes”
Quran 89:10word 3
“stakes”
A mountain conceived as a peg that steadies or secures the earth.
In 78:7, the mountains are described through the peg image; the associated explanation is that they make the earth firm or secure.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 78:7word 2
“(as) pegs”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
View all 3 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 14 Classical meanings
وَتَدَ
To hammer in, fix, or make fast a wooden pin, peg, or stake.
The object may be fixed in the ground or in a wall; the action includes striking it with a mallet.
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وَتَدَ
To become fixed, firm, or fast.
Figuratively, the use can describe standing firmly, remaining settled in a place, or growing grain becoming firm and strong.
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وَتَّدَ
To make firm or secure by fixing, especially to stabilize the earth by means of mountains.
A figurative causative construction.
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وَتَّدَ
To become sexually aroused or have an erection.
A reported figurative sexual usage associated with the Form II verbal noun تَوْتِيدٌ.
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وَتَدَ
A supporting thing or confirming word used to corroborate speech.
A reported dialectal or figurative expression; the source presents the item as something by which speech is reinforced.
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أَوْتَادٌ
The chiefs or leading figures of towns, provinces, or countries.
A figurative plural application of the peg or support image.
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أَوْتَادٌ
The teeth, conceived as pegs of the mouth.
A figurative anatomical usage.
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وَتِدٌ
The projecting part of a sandal's ear or loop.
An anatomical or structural part of the sandal described by resemblance to a peg.
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وَتِدٌ
In prosody, a division of a metrical foot consisting of three letters.
It may be a conjoined peg, وَتِدٌ مَقْرُونٌ, or a disjoined peg, وَتِدٌ مَفْرُوقٌ. The metrical foot depends on it, so زِحَاف does not affect it.
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وَتِدٌ
A prominent peg-like part of the ear, including the tragus or a related inner projection.
The lexical descriptions include the prominent anterior part and the two inner ear projections resembling a peg.
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وَاتِدٌ
Standing fixed, firm, or motionless; erect, as of a horn.
A figurative or descriptive active-participle usage.
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وَاتِدٌ
Fixing or making firm a wooden pin, peg, or stake.
An active-participial usage referring to the fixing action.
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مَوْتُودٌ
A wooden pin, peg, or stake that has been fixed or made firm.
A passive-result description of the fixed object.
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مِيتَدَةٌ
A mallet used to knock wooden pins, pegs, or stakes into the ground or a wall.
The related form مِيتَدٌ is also reported.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The public headword وَتِدٌ is a normalized singular citation form for the Quranic plural أَوْتَاد.
The reported corroborating-speech usage is dialectal or figurative and should not be treated as a Quranic sense.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
lane-unit:wtd:44883:g1:sub8 contains an elliptical transcription, so the precise derived-form analysis is uncertain; its reported corroborating-speech meaning is nevertheless represented provisionally under وَتَدَ.