Home Quran Quran roots أ ي ي
597 times in the Quran · 2 word forms · rank 8
The Quran root أ ي ي ’-y-y
Words built from the root أ ي ي ([’-y-y]) appear 597 times in the Quran. The most common is آيَة, “Signs”, which comes 382 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| آيَة | aaya | Signs · Verses | 382 | |
| أَيّ | ayy | O you · O | 215 |
Examples from the Quran
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ ٣٩
بِآيَاتِنَا biāyātinā · Our Signs
And those who disbelieve and deny Our signs - those will be companions of the Fire; they will abide therein eternally." (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:39)
وَآمِنُوا بِمَا أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوا أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍ بِهِ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَإِيَّايَ فَاتَّقُونِ ٤١
بِآيَاتِي biāyātī · My Signs (for)
And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me. (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:41)
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعْبُدُوا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ وَالَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ ٢١
يَا أَيُّهَا yāayyuhā · O
O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those before you, that you may become righteous - (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:21)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Baqarah · 36×
- Surah Al-An'am · 34×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 32×
- Surah Ar-Rahman · 32×
- Surah Al-A'raf · 31×
- Surah Al-Ma'idah · 24×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
