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10 times in the Quran · 4 word forms · rank 587
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
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| عَتَ | ʿata | insolent · they exceeded all bounds | 5 | |
| عِتِيّ | ʿitiyy | extreme · rebellion | 2 | |
| عُتُوّ | ʿutuww | insolence · pride | 2 | |
| عاتِيَة | ʿaatiya | violent | 1 |
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)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-A'raf · 2×
- Surah Al-Furqan · 2×
- Surah Maryam · 2×
- Surah Adh-Dhariyat · 1×
- Surah At-Talaq · 1×
- Surah Al-Mulk · 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.