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شَيْخ

shaykhan

old

বৃদ্ধ

Root letters: ش ي خAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,559 most frequentAdjective (ṣifa)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 156

About this word

Adjective (ṣifa)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ش ي خ

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)شَيْخًا ۖ3 times
  • Plural (jamʿ)شُيُوخًۭا ۚ1 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • شَيْخًا ۖ(is) an old manshaykhan · 1 times
  • شَيْخًۭاoldshaykhan · 1 times
  • شَيْخٌۭ(is) a very old manshaykhun · 1 times
  • شُيُوخًۭا ۚoldshuyūkhan · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

Surah 11:72 — Read full ayah

They said, "O ʿAzeez, indeed he has a father [who is] an old man, so take one of us in place of him. Indeed, we see you as a doer of good."

Surah 12:78 — Read full ayah

And when he came to the water [i.e., well] of Madyan, he found there a crowd of people watering [their flocks], and he found aside from them two women holding back [their flocks]. He said, "What is your circumstance?" They said, "We do not water until the shepherds dispatch [their flocks]; and our father is an old man."

Surah 28:23 — Read full ayah