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 156About 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 times1 times
- شَيْخًۭاoldshaykhan · 1 times1 times
- شَيْخٌۭ(is) a very old manshaykhun · 1 times1 times
- شُيُوخًۭا ۚoldshuyūkhan · 1 times1 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!"
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."
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."