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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 28:29:14

ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ Quranic text
Simple
امْكُثُوٓا
Without tashkeel
ٱمكثوا
Normalised (searchable)
امكثوا

Position

Computed
Verse
28:29
Word in verse
14
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:28:29:14

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Transliteration
um'kuthū
Lemma
مَكَثَ
Part of speech
Verb (V)
Features
tense: IMPVperson: 2gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1

Sub-word segments

  1. ٱمْكُثُstem · V · م ك ث
  2. وٓا۟suffix · PRON

Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.

In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 28:29 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

When Moses had completed the term, and departed with his family, he noticed a fire by the side of the Mount. He said to his family, “Stay here, I have glimpsed a fire. Perhaps I can bring you some information from there, or an ember from the fire, that you may warm yourselves.”
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Then, when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was travelling with his housefolk, he saw in the distance a fire and said unto his housefolk: Bide ye (here). Lo! I see in the distance a fire; peradventure I shall bring you tidings thence, or a brand from the fire that ye may warm yourselves
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And when Moses had fulfilled the term, and was journeying with his family, he perceived a fire on the mountain side. He said to his family, "Wait ye, for I perceive a fire. Haply I may bring you tidings from it, or a brand from the fire to warm you
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And when Moses had fulfilled the appointed time, and was journeying with his people, he perceived from the side of the mountain a fire; said he to his people, 'Tarry ye here; verily, I have perceived a fire, haply I may bring you good news therefrom, or a brand of fire that haply ye may be warmed
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 2 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form ٱمْكُثُوٓا۟ appears 2 times in the corpus.

Root م ك ث · 7 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root م ك ث occurs 7 times across 6 distinct forms.

See the full root page for م ك ث

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