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عَقِيم

ʿaqīmin

barren

বন্ধ্যা (খারাপ)

Root letters: ع ق مAppears 4 times in the Qur'an#1,584 most frequentAdjective (ṣifa)Masculine (mudhakkar)
Learn it in lesson 159

About this word

Adjective (ṣifa)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: ع ق م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)عَقِيمٍ4 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • عَقِيمٍbarrenʿaqīmin · 1 times
  • عَقِيمًا ۚbarrenʿaqīman · 1 times
  • عَقِيمٌۭbarrenʿaqīmun · 1 times
  • ٱلْعَقِيمَthe barrenl-ʿaqīma · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.

Surah 51:41 — Read full ayah

And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

Surah 51:29 — Read full ayah

Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

Surah 42:50 — Read full ayah