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14 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 475
The Quran root ع ش و ʿ-sh-w
Words built from the root ع ش و ([ʿ-sh-w]) appear 14 times in the Quran. The most common is عَشِيّ, “evening”, which comes 10 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَشِيّ | ʿashiyy | evening · night | 10 | |
| عِشاء | ʿishaa’ | early at night · night | 2 | |
| يَعْشُ | yaʿshu | turns away | 1 | |
| عَشِيَّة | ʿashiyya | evening | 1 |
Examples from the Quran
قَالَ رَبِّ اجْعَل لِّي آيَةً قَالَ آيَتُكَ أَلَّا تُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ إِلَّا رَمْزًا وَاذْكُر رَّبَّكَ كَثِيرًا وَسَبِّحْ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَالْإِبْكَارِ ٤١
بِالْعَشِيِّ bil-ʿashiyi · in the evening
He said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not [be able to] speak to the people for three days except by gesture. And remember your Lord much and exalt [Him with praise] in the evening and the morning." (Surah Ali 'Imran, 3:41)
وَلَا تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِيِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِنْ حِسَابِهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ وَمَا مِنْ حِسَابِكَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَتَطْرُدَهُمْ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ ٥٢
وَالْعَشِيِّ wal-ʿashiyi · and the evening
And do not send away those who call upon their Lord morning and afternoon, seeking His face [i.e., favor]. Not upon you is anything of their account and not upon them is anything of your account. So were you to send them away, you would [then] be of the wrongdoers. (Surah Al-An'am, 6:52)
وَجَاءُوا أَبَاهُمْ عِشَاءً يَبْكُونَ ١٦
عِشَاءً ʿishāan · early at night
And they came to their father at night, weeping. (Surah Yusuf, 12:16)
وَمَن يَعْشُ عَن ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَانًا فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرِينٌ ٣٦
يَعْشُ yaʿshu · turns away
And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion. (Surah Az-Zukhruf, 43:36)
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا ٤٦
عَشِيَّةً ʿashiyyatan · an evening
It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof. (Surah An-Nazi'at, 79:46)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Maryam · 2×
- Surah Sad · 2×
- Surah Ghafir · 2×
- Surah Ali 'Imran · 1×
- Surah Al-An'am · 1×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 1×
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.