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سَوْءَة

sawata

(the) dead body

লাশ

Root letters: س و أAppears 7 times in the Qur'an#1,079 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 108

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: س و أ

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)سَوْءَةَ2 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)سَوْءَٰتُهُمَا5 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • سَوْءَةَ(the) dead bodysawata · 2 times
  • سَوْءَٰتُهُمَاtheir shamesawātuhumā · 2 times
  • سَوْءَٰتِهِمَاtheir shamesawātihimā · 1 times
  • سَوْءَٰتِكُمْyour shamesawātikum · 1 times
  • سَوْءَٰتِهِمَآ ۗtheir shamesawātihimā · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root س و أ — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

And they [i.e., Adam and his wife] ate of it, and their private parts became apparent to them, and they began to fasten over themselves from the leaves of Paradise. And Adam disobeyed his Lord and erred.

Surah 20:121 — Read full ayah

O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts and as adornment. But the clothing of righteousness - that is best. That is from the signs of Allāh that perhaps they will remember.

Surah 7:26 — Read full ayah

Then Allāh sent a crow searching [i.e., scratching] in the ground to show him how to hide the disgrace of his brother. He said, "O woe to me! Have I failed to be like this crow and hide the disgrace [i.e., body] of my brother?" And he became of the regretful.

Surah 5:31 — Read full ayah