Home Quran Quran roots ن ط ف
12 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 540
The Quran root ن ط ف n-ṭ-f
Words built from the root ن ط ف ([n-ṭ-f]) appear 12 times in the Quran. The most common is نُطْفَة, “semen-drop”, which comes 12 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| نُطْفَة | nuṭfa | semen-drop · minute quantity of semen | 12 |
Examples from the Quran
خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ ٤
نُّطْفَةٍ nuṭ'fatin · a minute quantity of semen
He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once he is a clear adversary. (Surah An-Nahl, 16:4)
قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُ أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا ٣٧
نُّطْفَةٍ nuṭ'fatin · a minute quantity of semen
His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man? (Surah Al-Kahf, 18:37)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 2×
- Surah An-Nahl · 1×
- Surah Al-Kahf · 1×
- Surah Al-Hajj · 1×
- Surah Fatir · 1×
- Surah Ya-Sin · 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.
