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The Quran root ع ت و ʿ-t-w

Words built from the root ع ت و ([ʿ-t-w]) appear 10 times in the Quran. The most common is عَتَ, “insolent”, which comes 5 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.

Words from this root

WordSay itMeaningTimes
عَتَʿatainsolent · they exceeded all bounds5
عِتِيّʿitiyyextreme · rebellion2
عُتُوّʿutuwwinsolence · pride2
عاتِيَةʿaatiyaviolent1

Examples from the Quran

فَعَقَرُوا النَّاقَةَ وَعَتَوْا عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقَالُوا يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِن كُنتَ مِنَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ٧٧

وَعَتَوْا waʿataw · and (were) insolent

So they hamstrung the she-camel and were insolent toward the command of their Lord and said, "O Ṣāliḥ, bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the messengers." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:77)

فَلَمَّا عَتَوْا عَن مَّا نُهُوا عَنْهُ قُلْنَا لَهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خَاسِئِينَ ١٦٦

عَتَوْا ʿataw · they exceeded all bounds

So when they were insolent about that which they had been forbidden, We said to them, "Be apes, despised." (Surah Al-A'raf, 7:166)

قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِي غُلَامٌ وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ الْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا ٨

عِتِيًّا ʿitiyyan · extreme

He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?" (Surah Maryam, 19:8)

وَقَالَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَرْجُونَ لِقَاءَنَا لَوْلَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ نَرَىٰ رَبَّنَا لَقَدِ اسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ وَعَتَوْا عُتُوًّا كَبِيرًا ٢١

عُتُوًّا ʿutuwwan · (with) insolence

And those who do not expect the meeting with Us say, "Why were not angels sent down to us, or [why] do we [not] see our Lord?" They have certainly become arrogant within themselves and [become] insolent with great insolence. (Surah Al-Furqan, 25:21)

وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ ٦

عَاتِيَةٍ ʿātiyatin · violent

And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind (Surah Al-Haqqah, 69:6)

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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.