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غَنَم

ghanamu

sheep

মেষ

Root letters: غ ن مAppears 3 times in the Qur'an#1,921 most frequentNoun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)
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About this word

Noun (ism)Masculine (mudhakkar)Root letters: غ ن م

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)غَنَمُ3 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • وَٱلْغَنَمِand the sheepwal-ghanami · 1 times
  • غَنَمِىmy sheepghanamī · 1 times
  • غَنَمُsheepghanamu · 1 times

Words from the same root

More words from the root غ ن م — know one root, recognise many words.

Examples from the Qur'an

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

Surah 20:18 — Read full ayah

And [mention] David and Solomon, when they judged concerning the field - when the sheep of a people overran it [at night], and We were witness to their judgement.

Surah 21:78 — Read full ayah

And to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the entrails or what is joined with bone. [By] that We repaid them for their transgression. And indeed, We are truthful.

Surah 6:146 — Read full ayah