Qur’anic Dictionary

Classical Arabic dictionary definitions for every Qur’anic root, harmonized into readable English. Select a root to read its entries from Lisān al-ʿArab, al-Mufradāt and other classical works.

ا

ابب — Green vegetation, herbage, shoots
ابد — Eternity, unending time
ابق — Flee, run away
ابل — Camel / flock / group
ابو — Father/forefather
ابي — Refuse, decline, be unwilling
اتي — Come/give (arrive, bring, deliver)
اثث — Possessions, goods, furnishings
اثر — Trace, mark left behind
اثل — Tamarisk tree
اثم — Sin, wrongdoing, transgression
اجج — Bitter/Brackish (undrinkable saline water)
اجر — Reward/payment for service
اجل — Appointed time/term
احد — One, single
اخذ — Take, seize, grasp
اخر — Late/after/other
اخو — Brother/sibling (male or female)
ادد — Atrocious, monstrous (deed)
ادي — Deliver/Return/Render (what is owed)
اذن — Hear/Listen (core) → Permission (derived)
اذي — Harm, hurt, injury
ارب — Need/use/attachment
ارض — Earth, ground, land
ارك — Long/extended couch or divan
ازر — Strength/support
ازز — Incite/incitement (continuous action)
ازف — Approaching, drawing near
اسر — Captive, prisoner of war
اسس — Found, establish, lay foundation
اسف — Grief, sorrow, sadness
اسن — Altered/changed (water quality)
اسو — Grieve / Pattern (model)
اشر — Insolent, rebellious, arrogant
اصر — Burden/load (heavy obligation)
اصل — Root/base (of tree); afternoon/evening (time)
افف — Contemptuous exclamation of disgust
افق — Horizon, boundary line
افك — Falsehood/delusion leading to destruction
افل — To set (of celestial bodies)
اكل — Eat/consume
الت — Deprive, Withhold
الف — Join together, make familiar
الل — Kinship/affinity bond
الم — Painful/suffering
اله — God; the deity; divine being
الو — Divine blessings/favors (noun); withhold/spare (verb)
امت — Curve, depression, elevation
امد — Duration, time period, extent
امر — Command/Order/Matter
امل — Hope/expectation
امم — Origin/source community
امن — Security, safety, trustworthiness
امو — Female slave/servant
انث — Female (sex/gender)
انس — Human being, mankind
انف — Nose
انم — Creatures, living beings
اني — How (interrogative particle)
اهل — Family, Household, People
اوب — Return, turning back
اود — Tire, burden, cause fatigue
اول — First/Origin/Those Having
اوه — Grieving, lamenting, deeply distressed
اوي — Shelter/Refuge (place of dwelling or protection)
ايد — To support/strengthen
ايم — Unmarried, single (without spouse)
ايي — Sign, Mark, Evidence

ب

بار — Well / cistern
باس — Bad, wretched, miserable; also strength/might
بتر — Cut off, severed
بتك — Cut, slit
بتل — Pure dedication/devotion
بثث — Disperse/spread
بجس — Water gushes forth
بحث — Scratch/probe in earth
بحر — Sea
بخس — Diminish, deprive of due right
بخع — Kill oneself (from grief)
بخل — Withhold, be stingy
بدا — Begin, originate, bring into existence
بدر — Hasten, move quickly toward
بدع — Create/originate anew, bring into existence without precedent
بدل — Substitute, exchange, replace
بدن — Body, physical form
بدو — Reveal, Make Visible
بذر — Scatter, disperse extensively
برا — Create / bring into existence / disassociate
برج — Great stars/constellations; display/adorn
برح — Leave, depart, cease
برد — Cold/cool; hail
برر — Land/earth; Righteousness/goodness
برز — Emerge, go forth, become visible
برص — Leprosy/skin disease
برق — Lightning flash
برك — Divine favor / sacred abundance
برم — To devise/plot/plan
برهن — Clear evidence, demonstrable proof
بزغ — Rising, appearing (of celestial bodies)
بسر — Scowl/frown (facial contortion)
بسس — Break apart, crumble
بسط — To spread, extend, expand
بسق — Tall, lofty (vertical height)
بسل — Cause to perish/destroy
بسم — Smile (facial expression)
بشر — Announce good news / bring glad tidings
بصر — Perception/Insight (visual and inner)
بصل — Onion (the vegetable)
بضع — Goods/merchandise; a few
بطا — Delay, lag behind
بطر — Insolent pride, arrogance, boastfulness
بطش — To strike with power/seize forcefully
بطل — Cessation, nullification, voidness
بطن — Belly/womb interior
بعث — Send forth/raise up
بعثر — Scatter, disperse, unearth
بعد — Distance/after (temporal or spatial separation)
بعر — Beast of burden; load-carrying animal (camel)
بعض — Part, some
بعل — Husband
بغت — Suddenly, unexpectedly
بغض — Hatred, animosity
بغل — Mule (hybrid animal)
بغي — Seek, desire, want
بقر — Cattle/cow (bovine animal)
بقع — Place/spot (blessed location)
بقل — Green herbs, vegetation, edible plants
بقي — Remain, Endure, Be Lasting
بكر — Early/morning; young/virgin
بكم — Dumb, mute, unable to speak
بكي — Weep/cry
بلد — Land, territory, city
بلس — Despair, hopelessness
بلع — Swallow/absorb
بلغ — Reach, arrive at, convey
بلو — Test/Trial
بنن — Fingertips
بني — Build / Beget (construct offspring or structure)
بهت — False accusation/slander
بهج — Beauty, loveliness (of vegetation/gardens)
بهل — Invoke curse, imprecate
بهم — Grazing livestock; sacrificial animal
بوا — Come/return with; place, settle
بوب — Gate, door, entrance portal
بور — Ruin, destruction, perishing
بول — State, condition, case
بيت — House/dwelling, place of staying overnight
بيد — Perish, be destroyed
بيض — White/color white
بيع — Sell/transaction/contract
بين — Make clear/distinct; clarify

ت

تبب — Ruin, destruction, perish
تبر — Destroy, Ruin, Annihilate
تبع — Follow / pursue / come after
تجر — Trade/commercial transaction
تحت — Under, beneath, below
ترب — Dust/earth
ترف — To grant luxury/abundance
ترق — Collar bones
ترك — Leave, abandon, relinquish
تسع — Nine (the numeral)
تعس — Destruction, ruin, misery
تفث — Remove pilgrimage markers (hair/nails)
تقن — Perfect, complete, make sound
تلل — Lay down, bring low
تلو — Recite/Read aloud
توب — Turn, return (from error to correct)
تور — Time, occasion, instance
تين — Fig (fruit)
تيه — Wander, roam without direction

ث

ثبت — Make firm, establish stability
ثبر — Break, destroy, ruin
ثبط — Cause to lag behind, delay, hold back
ثبي — Companies/groups (of people)
ثجج — Pour abundantly, flow heavily
ثخن — Inflict heavy casualties / massacre
ثرب — Blame/reproach
ثري — Earth/soil (what lies beneath)
ثعب — Serpent/snake
ثقب — Piercing/penetrating (light)
ثقف — Overtake, find, gain dominance over
ثقل — Weight, heaviness
ثلث — Three / Third
ثلل — Company/group of people
ثمر — Fruit, agricultural produce
ثمن — Value/Price (the cardinal number eight is a separate semantic development)
ثني — Two, second, repeat
ثوب — Return/recompense (reward or clothing)
ثور — Stir up, agitate (earth/clouds/dust)
ثوي — Dwelling, residence
ثيب — Previously married (woman)

ج

جار — Cry out for help, call in distress
جبب — Well (water cistern/pit)
جبت — Hump/deformity, false belief
جبر — One who compels/dominates through superior force
جبل — Mountain
جبن — Forehead, front of head
جبه — Forehead
جبي — Chooses, selects, gathers
جثث — Uproot, pull up from the ground
جثم — Fallen prostrate, collapsed
جثو — Kneeling, bent on knees
جحد — Reject, Deny
جحم — Blazing/Hellfire (place of divine punishment by fire)
جدث — Grave, burial place
جدد — New, freshly made
جدر — Wall / enclosure / be capable
جدل — Dispute/argue (verbally contend)
جذذ — Cut, break into pieces
جذع — Palm tree trunk
جذو — Burning ember/coal
جرح — Wound, injure, commit (evil)
جرد — Locust (the insect)
جرر — Drag, pull, draw toward
جرز — Barren, sterile (land)
جرع — To gulp/swalllow with difficulty
جرف — Eroded bank/cliff, steep edge
جرم — Committing crime/sin
جري — Flow, move, run (directed continuous motion)
جزا — Portion, piece, part
جزع — Be impatient/restless under adversity
جزي — Recompense/pay back
جسد — Physical body/form
جسس — Examine, investigate, spy
جسم — Body, physical form, stature
جعل — Make, place, appoint
جفا — Foam/scum cast off
جفن — Large bowl, serving vessel
جفو — Rise, lift, depart (from sleep/bed)
جلب — Bring/cover/wrap
جلد — Skin/hide (outer covering)
جلس — Sit, assembly
جلل — Majesty, grandeur, greatness
جلو — Appear, Reveal, Make Visible
جمح — Rush/run heedlessly/uncontrollably
جمد — Be solid/firm
جمع — Gather, collect, bring together
جمل — Beautiful, fitting, complete
جمم — Immense, great, abundant
جنب — Side, flank, distance/away
جنح — Blame/sin (noun); wing (noun); incline (verb)
جند — Army, forces, troops, hosts
جنف — Inclination, deviation, error
جنن — Cover, protect, conceal (enveloping enclosure)
جني — Ripe fruit / fruit ready for harvest
جهد — Strive/exert oneself
جهر — Public, open, manifest (speech/action)
جهز — To furnish with travel supplies
جهل — Lack of knowledge/understanding
جوب — Answer, respond, reply
جود — Excellent, superior quality
جور — Be near/close; provide protection
جوز — Pass across, cross over
جوس — Enter, penetrate, move through
جوع — Hunger (physical lack of food)
جوف — Interior, inside, hollow cavity
جوو — Atmosphere, open air space
جيا — Come, arrive
جيب — Bosom/chest area of garment
جيد — Neck

ح

حبب — Love / to love
حبر — Scholar/knowledgeable person; delight
حبس — Detain, hold back, withhold
حبط — Become null/void/worthless
حبك — Woven pathways/channels
حبل — Rope / cord / binding connection
حتم — Divine decree/inevitability
حثث — Rapid, Quick
حجب — Partition, screen, barrier
حجج — Argue/dispute; pilgrimage
حجر — Stone/rock; barrier; forbidden
حجز — Barrier/Preventer
حدب — Elevation, high ground
حدث — Speech, narration, account
حدد — Boundary/Limit
حدق — Garden, orchard, cultivated enclosure
حذر — Fear/Caution/Warning
حرب — War/hostility; sacred enclosure
حرث — Ploughing/Cultivation/Agricultural Land
حرج — Constriction, tightness, difficulty
حرد — Power, capability, strength
حرر — Heat / Free / Liberate
حرس — Guards/Watchers
حرص — To strive intensely, to desire eagerly
حرض — Urge/encourage intensely; become critically ill
حرف — Turn aside, divert from proper place
حرق — Burn / Fire / Burning
حرك — Move, cause motion
حرم — Forbidden, prohibited, sacred
حري — Seek, pursue, strive toward
حزب — Group, party, faction
حزن — Grieve/sorrow
حسب — Count/think/reckon
حسد — To envy; envy
حسر — Regret/lament over loss; exhaustion
حسس — Perceive, sense, detect
حسم — Succession, consecutive
حسن — Goodness, beauty, virtue
حشر — Gather, collect, assemble
حصب — Stones/projectiles; storm carrying stones
حصد — Harvest, cut down
حصر — Surround, enclose, constrain
حصل — Make apparent/obtain
حصن — Protect/guard/shelter
حصي — To enumerate, to take account of, to record
حضر — Be present, bring forth, attend
حضض — Encourage, urge, motivate
حطب — Firewood / fuel wood
حطط — Relief from burden
حطم — Crush/shatter into fragments
حظر — Restricted, enclosed, prohibited
حظظ — Portion, share, allotment
حفد — Descendants, grandchildren
حفر — Dig/pit/hole (excavated cavity)
حفظ — Guard, Watch Over, Preserve
حفف — Surrounding, bordering, encircling
حفو — Press, demand urgently, be attentive
حقب — Long duration of time
حقف — Sandy dunes/curved sand terrain
حقق — Truth/reality
حكم — Wise/Discerning/Judge
حلف — To swear an oath
حلق — Throat / shave (remove hair)
حلل — Loosen/Make Permissible
حلم — Dream / Forbearing (patient)
حلي — Ornament/Jewelry (adornment items)
حما — Dark/black muddy substance
حمد — Praise / To praise / Praiseworthy
حمر — Donkey
حمل — Carry/lift (a load or burden)
حمم — Scalding/hot water (literal); intimate/devoted friend (metaphorical)
حمي — Heat / Protection / Disdain
حنث — Oath-breaking, violation
حنجر — Throat
حنذ — Roasted, cooked over fire
حنف — Inclining toward truth/direction toward God
حنك — Consume/Destroy utterly
حنن — Compassion, tenderness, mercy
حوب — Sin, wrongdoing
حوت — Fish (the aquatic animal)
حوج — Internal need/want
حوذ — To overcome, gain advantage/control
حور — Conversation/return; fair ones
حوز — Join, align with
حوش — Far be it / Exclude / Keep away
حوط — Encompass, Surround, Encircle
حول — Around/surround/cycle
حوي — Entrails, internal organs
حيث — Place/location marker (where, wherever)
حيد — Turn aside, deviate
حير — Confused/bewildered
حيص — Place of escape/refuge from punishment
حيض — Menstruation / menstrual blood
حيف — To be unjust, to commit injustice
حيق — Envelop/encompass (with punishment)
حين — Time/when/while
حيي — Life, living, vitality

خ

خبا — Hidden thing/concealed matter
خبت — Humble submission
خبث — Bad, corrupt, impure (physical and moral)
خبر — All-Aware / Fully Acquainted
خبز — Bread/baked food
خبط — Strike/beat causing confusion
خبل — Ruin, corruption, confusion
خبو — Subsiding/dying down (of fire)
ختر — Treacherous, unfaithful
ختم — Seal / close / set a seal
خدد — Hollow, cavity, depression
خدع — Deceive
خدن — Secret/secret lovers
خذل — Forsake, abandon, leave without aid
خرب — To ruin, devastate, lay waste
خرج — Go out, bring forth, cause to emerge
خردل — Mustard seed
خرر — Fall down, collapse
خرص — Falsify, fabricate, conjecture
خرطم — Snout, protruding nose
خرق — Tear open, make a hole in, pierce
خزن — Storehouses/treasuries; Keepers/guardians
خزي — Disgrace, shame, loss of honor
خسا — Despised, rejected, abased
خسر — Lose, loss
خسف — Swallow/sink into earth; darken
خشب — Wood, timber, logs
خشع — Humbled/Still/Low**
خشي — Fear (religious/reverential)
خصص — Choose, select, single out
خصف — To patch together, to join/cover (leaves)
خصم — Dispute, contend, be an adversary
خضد — Thornless, free from thorns
خضر — Green / Greenery
خضع — Submit, humble, lower oneself
خطا — Sin, error, missing the mark
خطب — Matter/affair; address (speech act)
خطط — Write, inscribe
خطف — Seize/take away quickly
خطو — Step, step taken, footstep
خفت — Lower one's voice / speak quietly
خفض — Lower, bring down
خفف — Be light / Make light
خفي — Hide, conceal, be hidden
خلد — Remain forever, eternal duration
خلص — Chosen, selected, pure
خلط — Mix, mingle, combine
خلع — Remove footwear/clothing
خلف — Succeed/replace/follow in sequence
خلق — Create, bring into being
خلل — Within/amidst (spatial) or intimate friend (relational)
خلو — Pass away, depart, be gone
خمد — Extinguished (as fire dies)
خمر — Wine/intoxicant (and by extension, headcovering)
خمس — Five (the number)
خمص — Hunger
خمط — Bitter (taste)
خنزر — Swine/pig
خنس — Retreat, withdraw, move away
خنق — Strangled (to death)
خور — Lowing sound (of cattle)
خوض — Engage in idle/vain discourse
خوف — Fear
خول — Grant / Bestow / Maternal Relative
خون — Betray, deceive, be unfaithful
خوي — Empty, Ruined, Hollow
خيب — Fail, be disappointed
خير — Goodness / Better / Choose
خيط — Thread/needle (eye of needle)
خيل — Horses / cavalry / strength
خيم — Tent, pavilion, dwelling place

د

داب — Customary pattern/continuous course
دبب — Moving/crawling creature
دبر — Back, rear; to turn the back; to manage/arrange
دثر — Covering, wrapping (oneself)
دحر — Expel/Banish
دحض — Push away, invalidate, cast aside
دحو — Push outward, spread, extend
دخر — Brought low, humbled
دخل — Enter/Admit
دخن — Smoke
درا — Avert, repel, push away
درج — Step, level, rank
درر — Flow abundantly, stream copiously
درس — Study, learn, peruse (a text)
درك — Overtake, reach, catch up
درهم — Silver coin; monetary unit
دري — Know/make know
دسر — Nails (fasteners)
دسس — Bury, conceal in ground
دسو — Hide, conceal, bury
دعع — Push away violently
دعو — Call upon / Invoke / Summon
دفا — Warmth/heat
دفع — Push away, repel, prevent
دفق — Gushing forth/ejected fluid
دكك — Crush/level to the ground
دلك — Sun's decline/setting (time of day)
دلل — Show/direct/guide to
دلو — Lower, let down, descend
دمدم — Destroy, bring destruction
دمر — Destroy completely, annihilate
دمع — Tears (from eyes)
دمغ — Strike/destroy at the head
دنر — Silver coin; monetary unit
دنو — Nearness/lowness
دهر — Time / The passage of time
دهق — Full, filled to the brim
دهم — Dark green, dark color
دهن — Oil/fat; to soften, be flexible
دهي — Far-removed/exceeding limits (comparative: more severe)
دور — Home, dwelling, place of residence
دول — Alternate, circulate, rotate
دوم — Last, endure, continue (temporally)
دون — Other than/besides (what is beneath/secondary)
دين — Recompense/Judgment (the settling of accounts)

ذ

ذاب — Wolf (the animal)
ذام — Disgraced, shamed
ذبب — Fly (insect)
ذبح — To slaughter, to sacrifice
ذبذب — Wavering, being undecided
ذخر — To store provisions (food)
ذرا — Create and multiply living beings
ذرر — Offspring/descendants; atom
ذرع — Arm/Foreleg; Length Measure; Distress
ذرو — Scatter, disperse
ذعن — Prompt obedience, submission
ذقن — Chin/beard (lower face)
ذكر — Remember, mention, recall
ذكو — To perform ritual slaughter
ذلل — Lowliness, debasement
ذمم — Blame/censure; covenant of protection
ذنب — Sin, wrongdoing, transgression
ذهب — Go/Depart (verb); Gold (noun)
ذهل — Be distracted, become forgetful
ذود — Drive back, keep away
ذوق — Experience directly, undergo
ذيع — Spread widely, disseminate publicly

ر

راس — Head
راف — Tender compassion; gentle kindness
راي — See / perceive / show
ربب — Lord, Master, Owner, Sovereign
ربح — To profit, to gain commercially
ربص — Wait, await, remain in waiting
ربط — Bind, tether, make firm
ربع — Four (the numeral)
ربو — Increase, growth, elevation
رتع — Eat abundantly, graze freely
رتق — Joined, closed, unified mass
رتل — Recite with measured cadence
رجج — Earthquake, convulsion, violent shaking
رجز — Punishment/affliction from divine source
رجس — Religious impurity; abomination
رجع — Return, go back, restore
رجف — Earthquake, convulsion, violent shaking
رجل — Foot/leg; man
رجم — Stone/pelt with stones; expel
رجو — Hope, expect, await
رحب — Be wide/vast, welcome
رحق — Sealed/distant drink
رحل — Travel bag/carrier for journey
رحم — Mercy/compassion (from womb etymology)
رخو — Gentle, easy movement
ردا — Support, help, aid
ردد — Turn back, return
ردف — Follow, Succeed
ردم — Barrier, dam, wall
ردي — Fall, ruin, perish
رذل — Lowest, most base
رزق — To provide sustenance/provision
رسخ — Firmly established, deeply rooted
رسس — Well, watering place
رسل — Send/dispatch (someone or something)
رسو — Anchor, make firm, fix securely
رشد — Right guidance/correct direction
رصد — Watching/Lying in Wait
رصص — Joined firmly, made solid
رضع — Breastfeed/nurse an infant
رضو — Approval, satisfaction, being pleased
رطب — Wet, moist, fresh
رعب — Terror, fear cast into hearts
رعد — Thunder
رعي — Tend, guard, shepherd, attend to
رغب — Desire, want, long for
رغد — Abundant/easy provision
رغم — Place of refuge/abundance
رفت — Crumbled particles/fragments
رفث — Sexual intercourse/intimate contact
رفد — Allotted portion/recompense
رفرف — Cushions/padded furnishings
رفع — Raise, lift, elevate
رفق — Support/assistance, place of rest, companion
رقب — Neck; watching/observing
رقد — Sleep, sleeping state
رقق — Thin material / parchment
رقم — Inscribed, written down, recorded
رقي — Ascend/Rise (physically) or Cure/Heal
ركب — Ride/mount/board (be upon)
ركد — Motionless, stationary
ركز — Sound/voice/echo
ركس — Cause to fall back/regress
ركض — To run/stride forcefully
ركع — Bow in worship (physical posture)
ركم — To heap/pile, to accumulate into a mass
ركن — Support/leaning/reliance
رمح — Spear, lance
رمد — Ashes
رمز — Gesture, non-verbal signal
رمم — Decayed, disintegrated
رمن — Pomegranate (fruit)
رمي — Throw / Cast / Direct toward a target
رهب — Fear/terror (emotional state and causative)
رهط — Clan, family group, tribal unit
رهق — Cover, overwhelm, burden
رهن — Held as security/retention
رهو — Stillness, calm, being left undisturbed
روح — Wind/breath as moving air or life-force
رود — Intend, Desire, Will
روض — Lush garden, verdant meadow
روع — Fright/Fear
روغ — Turn toward, move with intent
ريب — Doubt/uncertainty
ريش — Feathers/plumage (ornamental covering)
ريع — Elevation, height
رين — Rust, stain, corrosion (metaphorical: moral corruption)

ز

زبد — Foam
زبر — Written records/scripture
زبن — Seize/Take (the ones who seize)
زجج — Glass/vessel
زجر — Drive away/repel; shout/blast
زجو — Drive, send forth, propel
زحزح — Remove/draw away from
زحف — Advancing/creeping forward
زخرف — Ornament, decoration, embellishment
زرع — Crops/planting/growth
زرق — Blue (color)
زري — Look with contempt/disdain
زعم — Claim, assert, declare
زفر — Sighing/roaring sound of distress
زفف — Hasten, move quickly
زقم — Swallow-tree (inferred from cognates)
زكو — Purify/purity (moral-spiritual)
زلزل — Shake violently/earthquake
زلف — Nearness/Approach
زلق — Slip/slide on smooth surface
زلل — Slip, lose footing, deviate from correct path
زلم — Divination by arrows/lots
زمر — Group, company, band
زمل — Wrapping/covering with clothing
زمهر — Freezing cold
زنم — One without recognized lineage
زني — Commit fornication/adultery
زهد — Content with little, satisfied with minimal
زهر — Splendor / radiance / bloom
زهق — Depart, vanish, be driven out
زوج — Pair, mate, spouse
زود — Provisions/supplies for a journey
زور — Visit/Falsity
زول — Cease, pass away, be removed
زيت — Olive (tree or oil)
زيد — Increase/grow
زيغ — Deviate, swerve, turn away
زيل — To be apart/separate; to cease
زين — Make attractive, adorn, beautify

س

سال — Ask, inquire, request
سام — Be weary, become tired
سبب — Means, way, rope
سبت — Rest, cessation of work
سبح — Exalt/Praise (by declaring transcendence)
سبط — Descendants/tribal lineage
سبع — Seven (the numeral)
سبغ — Fullness, Completeness, Abundance
سبق — Precede/outstrip in racing
سبل — Way/path/route (literal and figurative)
ستت — Six / sixty (cardinal number)
ستر — Cover, shield, conceal
سجد — Prostrate/bow down in worship
سجر — To fill with fire/overflow
سجل — Hard clay/baked clay (material for projectiles)
سجن — Prison/imprisonment
سجو — Cover/spread with darkness
سحب — Drag, pull, trail (> clouds as dragged things)
سحت — Destroy, cause destruction
سحر — Magic, sorcery
سحق — Cast away / driven far away / annihilated
سحل — River bank, shore, coast
سخر — Subject to service/mockery
سخط — Anger; wrath; strong disapproval
سدد — Barrier, obstruction, something that blocks
سدر — Lote tree (Ziziphus spina-christi)
سدس — Six / Sixth
سدي — Cast aside/left abandoned
سرب — Mirage/illusion (something appearing real but being nothing)
سربل — Garments/Clothing
سرج — Burning lamp/luminous lamp
سرح — Release, let go, send forth
سرد — Links/rings of armor (strung together)
سردق — Enclosing wall, surrounding wall
سرر — Conceal, hidden, secret
سرع — Swift/Hasten (rapid movement toward a goal)
سرف — Exceed limits, transgress
سرق — Steal/take without right
سرمد — Perpetual, continuous (temporal)
سري — Travel by night
سطح — Spread out, made flat
سطر — Write/inscribe/record
سطو — Attack, assault
سعد — To prosper, to be fortunate
سعر — Blazing fire (Hell punishment)
سعي — Strive, exert effort, run
سغب — Severe hunger/famine
سفح — Pour/spill forth
سفر — Light/brightness, revelation, journey
سفع — Drag/sweep away forcefully
سفك — Shed/spill blood
سفل — Low, lower, lowest (position/status)
سفن — Ship/boat (watercraft)
سفه — Foolishness/lack of sound judgment
سقط — Fall, drop, cause to fall
سقف — Roof, ceiling
سقم — Sick, ill
سقي — Give drink / water
سكب — Pour out, shed
سكت — Subside, cease, become quiet
سكر — Intoxicate/intoxication
سكن — Dwell/Reside/Rest
سلب — Take away, seize, snatch
سلح — Weapons/arms
سلخ — Strip off, remove, shed
سلسل — Chain (linked metal binding)
سلط — Authority, legitimate power
سلف — Pass away, go before, precede
سلق — To strike/lash (verbally)
سلك — Insert/make pass through a path
سلل — Draw out / Extract
سلم — Submit/Submitting (to God); Peace/Safety
سلو — Quail
سمد — Be absorbed in amusement/pride
سمر — Nighttime conversation / One associated with evening discourse
سمع — Hear / Hearing
سمك — Elevated covering
سمم — Scorching/burning heat
سمن — Fat / Fatness
سمو — Sky/Heaven; Name/Designation
سنبل — Grain spike/ear of grain
سند — Propped up, supported
سنم — Elevated spring/purified drink
سنن — Established pattern/precedent
سنه — Age, become old, change with time
سنو — Year / years
سهر — Earth's surface, place of wakefulness
سهل — Flat ground, plains, smooth terrain
سهم — Draw lots, cast lots
سهو — Heedlessness, neglect, inattention
سوا — Badness, harm, wrongdoing
سوح — Open area, territory, space
سود — Black/darkness (color and its extended social/emotional meanings)
سور — Enclosure/Structure Surrounding a Space
سوط — Scourge/whip (instrument of punishment)
سوع — The eschatological Hour (resurrection/judgment)
سوغ — Easy to swallow, palatable
سوق — Drive/propel/move forward
سول — Entice/suggest (to do wrong)
سوم — Mark/afflict/recognize by sign
سوي — Be equal/level; make even
سيب — Released/let-go (camel)
سيح — Travel/go forth for religious purpose
سير — Travel/Move/Go
سيل — Flow/torrent (of water)

ش

شام — The left side/direction
شان — Matter, affair, concern
شبه — Resemble/likeness/similarity
شتت — Diverse, scattered, separated into categories
شتو — Winter (season)
شجر — Tree/plant (woody vegetation)
شحح — Stinginess, miserliness, reluctance to give
شحم — Animal fat
شحن — Loaded, filled
شخص — Stare in horror/shock
شدد — Severe, intense, strong
شرب — To drink / drink
شرح — Expand, widen, open (the chest/heart)
شرد — Cause to flee/disperse
شرذم — Small band/group
شرر — Evil, bad, harm
شرط — Signs/indications (of the Hour)
شرع — Ordained way/law
شرق — Sunrise/east (the place of sunrise)
شرك — Associate, share, join (with another in worship)
شري — Buy/sell, exchange
شطا — Outward extension, side, shoot
شطر — Direction toward a point
شطط — To exceed proper bounds
شطن — Adversary/tempter (supernatural evil being)
شعب — Branch, divide, group
شعر — Perceive/Realize (verb); Hair/Mark (noun)
شعل — To blaze, to flare up
شغف — To penetrate deeply (with love/passion)
شغل — To occupy, keep busy
شفع — Intercession; to speak on someone's behalf
شفق — To fear, be apprehensive
شفه — Lip
شفو — Edge, brink, lip
شفي — Healing, curing, restoration to wellness
شقق — Split, divide, separate
شقو — Suffering, unhappiness, wretchedness
شكر — Acknowledge favor/reciprocate goodness
شكس — Quarreling, conflicting (mutually)
شكك — Doubt, uncertainty
شكل — Type, form, manner
شكو — Complain, express grievance
شمت — Gloat, take pleasure in someone's misfortune
شمخ — To be high/tall/lofty
شمز — Shrink with aversion, recoil
شمس — The sun (celestial body)
شمل — Left side/direction; to contain
شنا — Hate / Enemy
شهب — Burning/flaming fire (celestial)
شهد — Witness, testify, be present
شهر — Month (lunar)
شهق — Sharp inhaling sound
شهو — To desire, to wish for, intense longing
شوب — Mixture
شور — Pointing/indicating; consultation
شوظ — Intense flame/blazing fire
شوك — Pointed, prickly, armed
شوي — Outer surface/skin layer
شيا — Will/wish (verb) or thing (noun)
شيب — Gray/white hair of aging
شيخ — Old/aged person
شيد — Build high, elevate
شيع — Group, faction, sect

ص

صبا — Sabians (a religious group)
صبب — Pour / pour out
صبح — To become/turn into (with temporal anchor of morning)
صبر — Endure / Restrain oneself
صبع — Finger
صبغ — Dye, color, tinge (physical and extended)
صبو — To incline, lean toward (verb); youth, child (noun)
صحب — Companion/associate/accompanying
صحف — Written records/sheets
صخخ — Deafening Blast/Trumpet
صخر — Rock, large stone
صدد — Turn away, hinder, prevent
صدر — Breast/chest; inner self
صدع — Split, divide, crack open
صدف — Turn away, divert from path
صدق — Truth/sincerity
صدي — Direct attention, give heed
صرح — Tower, lofty building structure
صرخ — Cry out for help / respond to a cry
صرر — Persist, continue, insist
صرصر — Piercing, strident sound
صرط — Path/way (of guidance)
صرع — Throw down, strike down
صرف — Turn away, divert, redirect
صرم — To harvest/cut fruit
صعد — Ascend/Go Upward
صعر — Turn away in contempt
صعق — Thunderbolt; sudden destruction/strike
صغر — Small/degraded
صغو — Incline, turn away, deviate
صفح — Turn away, overlook
صفد — Chains, shackles
صفر — Yellow/color yellow
صفصف — Level, flat, smooth
صفف — Arranged in a line/row; spread out in alignment
صفن — Standing poised excellent horses
صفو — Choose/Select
صكك — Strike/slap (the face)
صلب — Backbone/spine; crucifixion
صلح — Righteousness, proper condition, improvement
صلد — Smooth/bare (stone surface)
صلصل — Clay (fine, pottery-like clay)
صلو — Prayer/worship ritual
صلي — Burn/expose to fire
صمت — Silent / silence
صمد — The Self-Sufficient, the Ultimate Reference
صمع — Place of monastic retreat/worship
صمم — Deaf, unable to hear
صنع — Make, construct, do (with skill)
صنم — Carved figures worshipped as deities
صنو — Cluster of plants from single root
صهر — Melt / Marriage relationship
صوب — Strike/hit; befall (cause to reach and affect)
صوت — Voice/vocalized sound
صور — Form, shape, fashion (verb); trumpet/horn (noun)
صوع — Measuring cup/vessel
صوف — Wool/fleece
صوم — Abstention, self-denial
صيح — Loud cry/shout/blast
صيد — Hunt/capture wild game
صير — Destination, end point, final return
صيص — Fortress, stronghold, elevated refuge
صيف — Summer (hot season)

ض

ضان — Sheep/small cattle
ضبح — Panting, heavy breathing
ضجع — Place of lying/reclining
ضحك — Laugh, smile
ضحو — Morning brightness
ضدد — Opponent, adversary
ضرب — Strike/Set forth/Move about
ضرر — Harm, damage, adversity
ضرع — Humble oneself, supplicate with humility
ضعف — Multiply / Make weak
ضغث — Bundle/Mixture
ضغن — Hidden malice, grudge, resentment
ضفدع — Frog
ضلل — Go astray, lose the way
ضمر — Lean/thin (camel)
ضمم — Draw in, bring close
ضنك — Straitened, constrained, pressed
ضنن — Withhold, be stingy
ضها — Imitate, mimic
ضوا — Light / to illuminate
ضير — Harm, damage, injury
ضيز — Unjust, unfair (literally: narrowed/constricted)
ضيع — Cause loss/waste; neglect
ضيف — Guest/visitor
ضيق — Be narrow, be constricted

ط

طبع — Seal shut/close off
طبق — Layer, tier, stacked level
طحو — Spread, extend, flatten
طرح — Throw away, cast out
طرد — Drive away, send away, expel
طرف — Edge, end, glance
طرق — Path, way, road (literal and metaphorical)
طرو — Fresh/tender (meat)
طعم — Eat/feed, food provisions
طعن — Pierce/attack with words
طغي — Exceed limits, transgress
طفا — Extinguish, put out (fire/light)
طفف — Give short measure, cheat in transactions
طفق — Begin, start (initiate an action)
طفل — Child, young human
طلب — Seek/pursue
طلح — Acacia tree (fruit tree of paradise)
طلع — Rise, emerge, ascend
طلق — Release, loose(n), set free
طلل — Light moisture/dew/drizzle
طمث — Touch, have sexual contact with
طمس — Obliterate, erase, wipe out
طمع — Desire, long for, aspire
طمم — Overwhelming calamity/catastrophe
طمن — Be at peace/secure
طهر — Purify, be pure
طود — Mountain / Great Mass
طور — Mountain, mount (specifically Mount Sinai)
طوع — Obedience and ability
طوف — Circulate/move around; group
طوق — Capacity/strength to encompass or bear
طول — Length, extension, abundance
طوي — Fold, wrap, roll up
طيب — Good, pleasing, excellent
طير — Bird/flying creature
طين — Clay

ظ

ظعن — Travel, journey, departure
ظفر — Claw / To Cause Victory
ظلل — Shade/shadow (physical covering)
ظلم — Wrong/oppress; darkness
ظما — Thirst
ظنن — Think, assume, conjecture
ظهر — Back, behind, support

ع

عبا — Regard, care for, have regard
عبث — Purposelessness/playing
عبد — Serve/worship (submit to authority)
عبر — Lesson, warning, example to learn from
عبس — Frown, show harshness
عبقر — Fine carpets/rugs
عتب — Seek reconciliation/appeasement
عتد — Prepare, Make Ready
عتق — Ancient, Old
عتل — Drag/harshness
عتو — Exceed bounds, transgress, rebel
عثر — Find, discover, make known
عثو — Spread corruption, cause disorder
عجب — Wonder/Amaze/Please
عجز — Be unable, cause failure
عجف — Lean, emaciated
عجل — Haste/speed (the quality of quick action)
عجم — Non-Arab, foreign (person or language)
عدد — Count/Number/Prepare
عدس — Lentil
عدل — Be just/justice
عدو — Run, pass over, transgress
عذب — Punishment; torment
عذر — Excuse, Justification, Exoneration
عرب — Desert dweller/Arabic language
عرج — Ascend, go up
عرجن — Date stalk/s.pathe
عرر — Begging/asking with exposure to dishonor
عرش — Elevated platform/throne
عرض — Turn away, present/show
عرف — Know/Recognize (knowledge, acknowledgment)
عرم — Dam (water barrier)
عرو — Handhold/grasp
عري — Nakedness, bareness, exposure
عزب — Be absent, escape, be hidden
عزر — Honor, strengthen, give glory to
عزز — Strength, power, might
عزل — Separate, withdraw, keep away
عزم — Determination, Deciding, Resolve
عزو — Separate groups/companies
عسر — Difficulty, hardship, straitness
عسعس — Night advances/closes in
عسل — Honey (bee-produced substance)
عسي — Hope/expect (that something may happen)
عشر — Ten (the number)
عشو — Evening/afternoon (twilight time)
عصب — Group, band, or collective unit
عصر — Press, squeeze, extract
عصف — Violent wind, storm wind
عصم — Hold fast/grasp firmly
عصو — Wooden staff/stick
عصي — Disobey, defy, rebel against authority
عضد — Arm (body part); support/assistant
عضض — Bite
عضل — Prevent, obstruct, hinder
عضو — Parts, portions, pieces
عطف — Neck (as the turning part)
عطل — Leave idle, abandon, neglect
عطو — To give, grant, bestow
عظم — Greatness/magnitude (physical and abstract)
عفر — Dust/earth entity; powerful being
عفف — Self-restraint, abstention
عفو — Pardon, forgive, overlook (an offense or obligation)
عقب — Follow/Aftermath/Heel
عقد — Bind / Knot / Contract
عقر — To sever/cut off (reproductive capacity or tendons)
عقل — To reason, to use intellect, to understand
عقم — Barren, Unfruitful, Sterile
عكف — To stay/reside in a place with devotion
علق — Clinging clot / suspended thing
علم — Know / Knowledge
علن — Make known, declare openly
علو — Height, elevation, supremacy
عمد — Support/intention
عمر — Dwell/Inhabit/Life Duration
عمق — Deep/distant
عمل — To work, do, perform (action/deeds)
عمم — Paternal uncle/aunt (father's siblings)
عمه — Wander aimlessly/confused
عمي — Blind/unable to see (physical or metaphorical)
عنب — Grapes/grapevines (the fruit and plant)
عنت — Hardship, difficulty, suffering
عند — Nearness/proximity (physical and relational)
عنق — Neck
عنكب — Spider
عنو — Be humbled, submit in distress
عهد — Covenant/binding commitment
عهن — Wool
عوج — Crookedness/deviation
عود — Return, repeat, restore
عوذ — Seek refuge/protection
عور — Unprotected/exposed state
عوق — Hinder, delay, obstruct
عول — Be overwhelmed, be excessive
عوم — Year
عون — Help, aid, assistance
عيب — To cause defect/damage
عير — Caravan / traveling party
عيش — Sustenance/livelihood/means of living
عيل — Poverty, need, privation
عين — Eye / spring / source
عيي — Fail, be unable

غ

غبر — Remain behind, be left over
غبن — Deprivation/Loss
غثو — Stubble/dried worthless plant matter
غدر — To leave out, to omit
غدق — Abundant, copious
غدو — Morning / Early time
غرب — West/setting (directional west, specifically where the sun sets)
غرر — Delusion/deception
غرف — Elevated chamber/dwelling; scoop/handful
غرق — To drown (cause death by water)
غرم — Debt, loss, burden
غرو — Incite/stir up (hostility or action against someone)
غزل — Spin / spun yarn
غزو — To raid, go forth to battle
غسق — Spreading/gushing discharge (pus) and darkness
غسل — Wash/bathe
غشو — Cover, overwhelm, envelop
غصب — Seize by force
غصص — Choking/throat obstruction
غضب — Anger, wrath
غضض — Reduce, lower, diminish
غطش — To darken, make dark
غطو — Covering, concealment (that obscures vision/understanding)
غفر — Cover, Conceal (with semantic extension to forgive)
غفل — Unaware/heedless/neglectful
غلب — Overcome, prevail, dominate
غلظ — Hard/thick in texture, severe in quality
غلف — Covered, sheathed, enclosed
غلق — To close/shut
غلل — Shackle/chain, also resentment/betrayal
غلم — Boy, young male, youth
غلو — Exceed limits, go beyond bounds
غلي — Boil/boiling
غمر — Overwhelming engulfment
غمز — Exchange derisive glances
غمض — Close (eyes)
غمم — Covering/obscure, distress
غنم — Sheep / livestock / booty
غني — To be sufficient/wealthy; self-sufficiency
غوث — Seek/receive help or relief
غور — Deep/hollow place, cavity
غوص — Dive, plunge into water
غوط — Place of defecation/toilet
غول — Harmful effect, bad consequence
غوي — To go astray/deviate from guidance
غيب — Hidden, concealed, unseen
غيث — Rain / rainfall
غير — Other than, different from
غيض — Diminish, fall short, recede
غيظ — Rage, fury, intense anger

ف

فاد — Heart
فاي — Group/company/military force
فتا — Cease, stop, end (continuous action)
فتح — Open / Open up
فتر — Slacken, cease, subside
فتق — Split apart, separate
فتل — Thread/filament (inside date seed)
فتن — Test/Trial/Tempt
فتي — Youth / to be young / seek/give ruling
فجج — Mountain pass, broad pathway
فجر — Burst forth, gush forth
فجو — Open space, opening
فحش — Sexual immorality/moral transgression
فخر — Boastful pride
فدي — Ransom, redeem, provide substitute for release
فرت — Sweet (water)
فرث — Digestive contents/half-digested food
فرج — Opening, cleft, private area
فرح — Rejoice, exult (emotional state of happiness/satisfaction)
فرد — Alone, single, individual
فرر — Flee/flight
فرش — Spread out, extend, flatten
فرض — Fix, determine, impose as binding
فرط — Neglect, fail in duty
فرع — Branch/sprout extending upward
فرغ — Pour out/empty
فرق — Separate/Divide/Distinguish
فره — Skilled, expert, proficient
فري — Invent falsehood / fabricate lies
فزز — Drive out, expel, force to leave
فزع — Terror, sudden fear, alarm
فسح — Make room, create spaciousness
فسد — Cause ruin/damage, spread corruption
فسر — To explain, interpret, make clear
فسق — To depart from obedience/rebellion
فشل — Lose courage, lose resolve
فصح — Be clear, eloquent
فصل — Separate, divide, set apart
فصم — Breaking, snapping
فضح — Cause shame/disgrace
فضض — Break apart/Disperse
فضل — Prefer/give surplus favor
فضو — Reach, arrive, come to
فطر — Create/originate (bring into existence)
فظظ — Coarse, rude, uncouth
فعل — Do / Make / Act
فقد — Lose, miss, be absent
فقر — Poor, needy, lacking resources
فقع — Vivid, intense color
فقه — Understand, comprehend, grasp meaning
فكر — Think, reflect, ponder
فكك — Release, unloosing, separation
فكه — Fruit / To enjoy / Amusement
فلح — Prosper, succeed, achieve wellbeing
فلق — Split, cleave, part
فلك — Ship/vehicle for travel (maritime or celestial)
فلن — Unspecified person (placeholder name)
فند — Consider foolish/deficient in mind
فنن — Branches, extensions
فني — Perish, cease to exist
فهم — To give understanding/comprehension
فوت — Pass away, escape, be lost
فوج — Group, company, multitude
فور — Boil/overflow
فوز — Attainment of salvation/paradise
فوض — Entrust, delegate, commit (one's affair to another)
فوق — Above, over, higher than
فوم — Garlic (the plant/allium)
فوه — Mouth (physical orifice for speech/eating)
فيا — Return, restore
فيض — Pour out/overflow, depart
فيل — Elephant

ق

قبح — Ugly/despised (state of being rejected)
قبر — Grave, burial place
قبس — Take/Obtain (fire or light)
قبض — Grasp, hold, take
قبل — Front/before; receive/accept
قتر — Lack, scarcity, limitation
قتل — Kill/slay
قثا — Cucumber
قحم — Forceful entry/breakthrough
قدح — Striking, striking sparks
قدد — Tear / cut apart / divide
قدر — Power/Ability
قدس — Sanctify, make sacred, set apart
قدم — Precede/be before, put forward
قدو — Follow in footsteps, take as model
قذف — To throw, cast, hurl
قرا — Recite/Read aloud
قرب — Near/Approach/Proximity
قرح — Wound/injury
قرد — Ape/monkey
قرر — Settle/dwell/establish in place
قرض — Loan/give on credit
قرطس — Parchment/paper (writing material)
قرع — Striking calamity/disaster
قرف — Acquire, obtain, bring to oneself
قرن — Join/connect or successive group
قري — Town/city (inhabited settlement)
قسر — Lion
قسس — Christian religious functionary/clergy
قسط — Be just/act justly
قسطس — Balance scale, weighing instrument
قسم — Swear/Oath (core) and Division/Apportionment (related)
قسو — Hard, unyielding (of heart)
قشعر — Shiver/horripilate (skin crawls from fear/awe)
قصد — Moderate, balanced, measured
قصر — Shorten, limit, restrict
قصص — Follow/trace/track (narrate by following a sequence)
قصف — Breaking, shattering force
قصم — Break, shatter, crush
قصو — Far, distant, farthest
قضب — Cut herbage, green fodder
قضض — Collapse
قضي — Decide/Decree/Conclude
قطر — Flowing liquid substance / molten metal
قطط — Cut portion / Allotted share
قطع — Cut off, sever, divide
قطف — Fruit clusters ready for picking
قطمر — Date-seed membrane (thin covering)
قعد — Sit/remain in place
قعر — Uproot, tear away completely
قفل — Lock, closure device
قفو — Follow behind, send in succession
قلب — Heart; center; turning point
قلد — Keys/garlands (hanging objects of value)
قلع — Withhold, hold back
قلل — Small, few, little (in quantity/number)
قلم — Writing instrument/reed pen
قلي — Dislike, reject, feel aversion toward
قمح — Raise/lift up (head)
قمر — Moon (celestial body)
قمص — Shirt, tunic, garment
قمطر — Severe distress/hardship
قمع — Iron maces for striking/destruction
قمل — Louse/lice
قنت — Devoutly obedient/submissive
قنط — Despair, lose hope
قنطر — Large accumulated quantity/wealth
قنع — Contentedly needy/self-restrained
قنو — Cluster/bunch of fruit
قني — To acquire/possess (causatively: to make sufficient)
قهر — Dominate, subjugate, have absolute power over
قوب — Span/distance measure
قوت — Provider/Sustenance
قوس — Bow (weapon)
قوع — Flat/level ground
قول — Speak/say
قوم — Rise, stand, establish
قوي — Strength/power
قيض — Appoint, assign (a companion)
قيل — Midday rest/sleep

ك

كاس — Cup/vessel for wine
كبب — Cast face-down, fall prostrate
كبت — Abase, humiliate, disgraced
كبد — Heaviness, burden, hardship
كبر — Be great/big; greatness, size
كبكب — To cast down, overturn, throw down
كتب — Write/Record
كتم — Conceal, hide, withhold
كثب — Heap/pile of sand
كثر — Much, many, abundance
كدح — To labor, to exert, to toil
كدر — Disconnect, scatter, fall away
كدي — Withhold, cease giving
كذب — Deny/Lie
كرب — Distress, affliction, hardship
كرر — Return, turning back, another chance
كرس — Throne/seat
كرم — Noble, honored, generous
كره — Dislike, Aversion, Reluctance
كسب — Acquire/gain (actions, wealth, or consequences)
كسد — Commercial decline
كسف — Fragments/pieces of cloud or sky
كسل — Laziness, lethargy, sluggishness
كسو — Clothe/cover with garment
كشط — Strip away, remove covering
كشف — Remove, uncover, reveal
كظم — Suppress/contain internal distress
كعب — Raised/cubic structure; protruding body part
كفا — Equivalent, alike, equal
كفت — Container, receptacle
كفر — Cover, hide, deny
كفف — Withhold/restrain (hand)
كفل — To take responsibility/charge of
كفي — To be sufficient/adequate
كلا — Protect, guard, keep safe
كلب — Dog
كلح — Grimace, facial contortion
كلف — To burden, to charge with responsibility
كلل — All, every (totality/universal quantifier)
كلم — Speech/Word/Utterance
كلو — Both, each of two (dual pronoun)
كمل — Complete, perfect
كمم — Protective covering/sheath
كمه — Blindness/blind person
كند — Ungrateful, unthankful
كنز — Treasure/hoarded wealth
كنس — Swept away, vanished
كنن — Concealment/protection
كهف — Cave (place of shelter/refuge)
كهل — Adulthood, mature age
كهن — Soothsayer/diviner
كوب — Cup, drinking vessel
كود — Almost/near (to doing something)
كور — To wrap, to envelop, to cover over
كوكب — Star
كون — Be, exist, become
كوي — Burn, sear, brand
كيد — Plot, scheme, conspire
كيف — How/manner/way
كيل — Measure/measured portion
كين — Submit, yield, give in

ل

لالا — Pearl
لبب — Heart/core/inner understanding
لبث — Remain, stay, dwell
لبد — Dense/compact mass; abundance
لبس — Clothe/cover/wear
لبن — White substance / milk
لجا — Place of refuge/shelter
لجج — Persist, be deep/obscure
لحد — Deviate, Turn Away, Refer
لحف — Persistent asking, importunity
لحق — Join, attach, cause to reach
لحم — Flesh/meat as consumable animal tissue
لحن — Cheek/jaw; tone/manner of speech
لحي — Jaw/jawbone (facial area)
لدد — Contentious, quarrelsome, hostile
لدن — From/near (personal proximity)
لذذ — Delicious, pleasurable
لزب — Sticky, adhesive, clinging
لزم — Make adhere/impose
لسن — Tongue/language
لطف — Subtle, Gentle, Perceptively Aware
لظي — Blaze, burn intensely
لعب — Play, amuse oneself
لعن — Curse/reject
لغب — Weariness, fatigue, exhaustion
لغو — Meaningless/unintentional speech
لفت — Turn away, look back
لفح — Sear, scorch with fire
لفظ — Utter/speak (with mouth)
لفف — To wind/wrap around, intertwine
لفو — To find, discover, encounter
لقب — Offensive nickname, epithet
لقح — Fertilizing, pollinating
لقط — Pick up, take custody of
لقف — Devour, consume completely
لقم — Swallow, gulp down
لقي — Encounter/meet (both throwing toward and coming together)
لمح — Glance, twinkling (of the eye)
لمز — Criticize/mock/insult
لمس — Touch/contact; seek
لمم — Come/Bring (imperative verb of motion)
لهب — Flame/fire
لهث — To pant, to gasp
لهم — Instill inner knowledge, implant moral discernment
لهو — Distraction, amusement, diversion
لوت — Not be, there is not
لوح — Flat surface/tablet
لوذ — Concealment, seeking shelter
لوم — Blame, find fault
لون — Color/hue/visual appearance
لوي — Twist, turn aside, distort
ليت — Deprive/take away
ليس — Not be, is not (existential negation)
ليل — Night, nighttime period
لين — Soft, gentle, pliable

م

ماي — One hundred (cardinal number)
متع — Temporary use/benefit, provision for enjoyment
متن — Firm, strong, solid
مثل — Resemblance, likeness, example
مجد — Majestic, Honored, Excellent
مجس — Magians (Zoroastrian priests)
محص — Purify through testing/tribulation
محق — Annihilate, destroy completely
محل — Severity, force, intensity
محن — Test/Examine (to determine sincerity)
محو — Erase, eliminate, wipe out
مخر — Plowing through, cleaving water
مخض — Painful contractions / childbirth pangs
مدد — Stretch, spread, extend
مدن — City, settlement
مرا — Person/human being (male or female)
مرج — Release, let flow, mix
مرح — Swaggering/arrogant walking
مرد — Rebel, be rebellious
مرر — Pass/going by; time/occasion
مرض — Illness/sickness (physical or spiritual)
مري — Doubt/dispute
مزج — Mixture, what is mixed in
مزق — To tear apart, rip to pieces
مزن — Rain clouds, clouds
مسح — Wipe/rub over a surface
مسخ — Deform/transform in place
مسد — Palm fiber cord
مسس — Touch/affect through contact
مسك — Hold, retain, grasp
مسو — Reach evening/enter evening time
مشج — Mixed, composite, containing mixture
مشي — Walk, move on foot
مصر — Settlement, bounded land, Egypt
مضغ — Lump of flesh (embryonic stage)
مضي — Proceed/go forward/past
مطر — Rain / To rain
مطو — Stretch, extend, move with extension
معز — Goats
معن — Means/ability to help
معي — Intestines, entrails
مقت — Hatred; strong aversion
مكث — Stay, remain, dwell
مكر — Scheme/plot (secret strategic planning)
مكن — To establish firmly in place/position
مكو — Whistling
ملا — Fill / Full / Chiefs (social group)
ملح — Salt/salty
ملق — Poverty, destitution, lack of provision
ملك — Sovereignty / Dominion / Angels
ملل — Religion (prescribed way/system)
ملو — Grant delay/extension of time
منع — Prevent, hinder, withhold
منن — Bestow/give freely (favor, gift, grace)
مني — Wish/desire; emit semen
مهد — Spread out place/bed, resting surface
مهل — Murky liquid / Respite (two homophonous roots)
مهن — Insignificant, low in value/status
موت — Death / To die
موج — Wave/surge
مور — To move with rolling/swaying motion
مول — Wealth, property, capital
موه — Water (the liquid substance)
ميد — Shake/shift, spread surface
مير — Obtain provisions/supplies
ميز — Separate, distinguish, differentiate
ميل — Lean/tilt/turn toward

ن

ناي — To move away, keep distance
نبا — Inform/Announce
نبت — Cause to grow, vegetation
نبذ — Throw/cast away, discard
نبز — Call by name/nickname (reciprocal)
نبط — Draw forth conclusions, derive meaning
نبع — Spring, source of water
نتق — To lift up, raise, elevate
نثر — Scatter, disperse, spread out
نجد — Two ways, two paths
نجس — Defiled, unclean
نجم — Stars/celestial bodies
نجو — Save/rescue; private conversation
نحب — Vow, binding promise
نحت — Carve, hew (stone from mountains)
نحر — Throat/slaughter
نحس — Misfortune, bad luck, ill omen
نحل — Bee; gracious gift/giving
نخر — Decayed, rotten (bones)
نخل — Date palm tree
ندد — False equivalent, rival, substitute
ندم — Regret, remorse
ندو — Call out/summon
نذر — Warn/vow (make binding obligation)
نزع — Pull away, extract, remove
نزغ — Cause discord/alienation
نزف — To be intoxicated (from wine)
نزل — Descend/send down (from above)
نسا — Push back, postpone, extend
نسب — Lineage, blood relationship
نسخ — Copy, transcribe, write
نسر — Eagle/vulture (bird of prey)
نسف — Blow away violently
نسك — Ritual sacrifice, acts of worship
نسل — Progeny/descendants; descend/hasten
نسو — Women, females
نسي — Forget / Cause to forget
نشا — Bring forth into existence / cause to grow
نشر — Spread out, disperse, resurrect
نشز — Rise, elevate, be arrogant/rebellious
نشط — Be quick/active, draw out
نصب — Portion/allocation
نصت — Be silent/attentive
نصح — Sincere counsel/well-wishing
نصر — Help, aid, assistance
نصف — Half
نصي — Forelock (hair on the forehead)
نضج — To ripen, become cooked/roasted
نضخ — Gushing forth, spouting
نضد — Layered, stacked in rows
نضر — Radiance, luminosity, freshness
نطح — Horn-goring, gored by horns
نطف — Sperm-drop; seminal fluid
نطق — Speak, Utter
نظر — Look/wait/guard (visual observation and temporal expectation)
نعج — Ewe (female sheep)
نعس — Drowsiness/slumber (state of sleep)
نعق — Call out loudly, shout
نعل — Sandal, shoe, footwear
نعم — Goodness/pleasantness bestowed
نغض — Shake head in disbelief
نفث — Blowing, breath manipulation
نفح — A light blow or whiff
نفخ — Blow/breath into
نفد — To come to an end, to be exhausted
نفذ — Pass through/exit
نفر — Flee/Depart in panic; Aversion
نفس — Breath/soul/self
نفش — Spread out, scatter, fluff up
نفع — Benefit, be useful, be of advantage
نفق — Spend/expend (wealth); Hypocrisy/double-dealing
نفل — Extra, additional, gain
نفي — To drive away, banish, exile
نقب — Dig/explore/penetrate
نقذ — Save, rescue, retrieve
نقر — Tiny speck/blow a trumpet
نقص — Decrease/reduce/lessen
نقض — Break, Unravel, Violate (agreement/oath)
نقع — Dust, cloud of dust
نقم — Take retribution/vengeance
نكب — Turn away, deviate, incline
نكث — Undo, Untwist, Break (word/oath)
نكح — Marry/give in marriage
نكد — Scarcity, difficulty, sparseness
نكر — Unknown, unfamiliar, strange / Wrong, disapproved
نكس — Turn downward, reverse, incline
نكص — Turn back, retreat
نكف — Disdain, refuse out of pride
نكل — Deterrent punishment/exemplary chastisement
نمل — Small creature/tip, endpoint
نمم — Malicious gossip
نهج — Clear path/method
نهر — Flow / Flowing water / Daytime
نهي — Forbid, Desist, Prohibit
نوا — To be heavy/burden-some
نوب — Turn/Return (to Allah)
نور — Light / Fire (illumination source)
نوس — Humans, people, mankind
نوش — Reach/receive/attain
نوص — Escape, way out, refuge
نوق — She-camel
نوم — Sleep / slumber
نون — Fish (the creature)
نوي — Date-seed, seed, kernel
نيل — Reach, attain

ه

هات — Bring forth/produce evidence
هبط — Descend, go down
هبو — Scattered dust/particles
هجد — Keep night vigil / rise for nighttime worship
هجر — Leave, depart, migrate
هجع — Sleep, lie down at night
هدد — Break apart, collapse
هدم — Demolish, destroy (buildings/structures)
هدهد — Hoopoe (bird species)
هدي — Guide/direct to the right path
هرب — Flee, escape, run away
هرع — To hurry, rush, hasten
هزا — Mockery, ridicule
هزز — Quiver, shake with life
هزل — Frivolity, amusement, triviality
هزم — Defeat (military)
هشش — Shake down, cause to fall (leaves)
هشم — Dry broken plant debris
هضم — Diminishment/softening
هطع — Rush forward with determination
هلع — Anxious/restless
هلك — Destroy/perish/annihilate
هلل — Dedicate/sacrifice to other than Allah
همد — Barren, lifeless, dry
همر — Pour down, gush forth (of water)
همز — Slander, verbal attack, incitement
همس — Faint sound, whisper
همم — Determine, Resolve, Intend
همن — Overseer, Guardian, Trustee
هنا — Pleasant/enjoyable consumption
هود — To become Jewish / be Jewish
هور — Collapse, give way
هون — Humiliation, lowliness, ease
هوي — Desire/inclination (noun), fall/descend (verb)
هيا — Form, shape, prepare
هيت — Come/Approach (imperative invitation)
هيج — Dry, wither, become dry
هيل — Pouring down/collapsing flow
هيم — Be thirsty / roam aimlessly

و

واد — Buried alive (female infant)
وال — Escape, refuge, way out
وبر — Fur, soft animal wool
وبق — Destroy, cause ruin
وبل — Heavy downpour / severe consequence
وتد — Stake, peg (for anchoring)
وتر — Remainder / what stands alone
وتن — Aorta (main artery)
وثق — Bind, make firm, secure
وثن — Idols, images, objects of worship
وجب — To fall prostrate, collapse
وجد — Find / discover
وجس — Perceive danger internally
وجف — Move rapidly/tremble
وجل — Fear, be afraid
وجه — Face/direction
وحد — One, unity, alone
وحش — Wild, untamed (animals)
وحي — Impart/communicate knowledge or instruction
ودد — Love, desire, affection
ودع — Place, put, deposit
ودق — Rain (that emerges from clouds)
ودي — Valley/wadi (dry riverbed)
وذر — Leave, abandon, forsake
ورث — Inherit/transfer possession
ورد — Arrive, come to, reach (a place)
ورق — Leaf, foliage (and by extension, thin sheet/metal)
وري — Behind/beyond (spatial); conceal (verbal)
وزر — BEAR/CARRY (a burden)
وزع — Enable/cause to arrange in rows
وزن — Weigh/measure
وسط — Middle/center
وسع — To encompass, contain, have capacity/means
وسق — Gather, contain, fill up
وسل — Means of access/approach
وسم — To brand, mark, imprint
وسن — Slumber, light sleep, drowsiness
وسوس — Whisper, suggest secretly
وشي — Spot, blemish, imperfection
وصب — Continuous, perpetual, enduring
وصد — Close, shut, enclose
وصف — Describe/attribute (with negative connotation when applied to God)
وصل — Reach / Join / Connect
وصي — Command, instruct, order
وضع — Place, put, lay down
وضن — Adorn, ornament, decorate
وطا — Tread, step, press down
وطر — Need, desire, want
وطن — Place, location, region (where one dwells/settles)
وعد — Appoint, fix a time/place
وعظ — Advise, warn, instruct
وعي — Hold/Contain/Capacity
وفد — Arriving group/delegation
وفر — Abundant, Plentiful
وفض — To hasten, to rush forward
وفق — Alignment/Accord
وفي — Take fully/receive completely
وقب — Descend, settle, spread over
وقت — Appointed time/fixed term
وقد — Burn / fuel / kindle
وقذ — Struck fatally (animal)
وقر — Heaviness/Weight (physical and metaphorical)
وقع — Fall/occur
وقف — To cause to stand / bring to a halt
وقي — Fear/caution with protective awareness
وكا — Recline, lean on elevated support
وكد — Confirmation, making firm
وكز — To strike/hit
وكل — Entrust/Empower with Authority
ولج — Enter/penetrate
ولد — Birth / Offspring / Parent
ولي — Turn toward/face; one who has authority over
وني — Slacken, weaken, become lax
وهب — Give freely, bestow without recompense
وهج — Burning, blazing, intensely radiant
وهن — Weaken, be weak
وهي — Weak, fragile, infirm

ي

ياس — Despair, lose hope
يبس — Dry / without moisture
يتم — Orphan (one without parents/guardian)
يدي — Hand
يسر — Ease, to make easy
يقظ — Awake
يقن — Certainty/conviction (knowledge-based belief)
يمم — Sea/river (body of water)
يمن — Right/right hand/oath
ينع — Fruit ripening/ripeness
يوم — Day / daytime period