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نُطْفَة

nuṭ'fatin

a semen-drop

শুক্র

Root letters: ن ط فAppears 12 times in the Qur'an#746 most frequentNoun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)
Learn it in lesson 75

About this word

Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ن ط ف

Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an

  • Singular (mufrad)نُّطْفَةٍۢ12 times

Forms in the Qur'an

  • نُّطْفَةٍۢa minute quantity of semennuṭ'fatin · 6 times
  • نُّطْفَةٍa semen-dropnuṭ'fatin · 3 times
  • نُطْفَةًۭ(as) a semen-dropnuṭ'fatan · 2 times
  • ٱلنُّطْفَةَthe semen-dropl-nuṭ'fata · 1 times

Examples from the Qur'an

From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

Surah 53:46 — Read full ayah

From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

Surah 80:19 — Read full ayah

Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging [i.e., the womb].

Surah 23:13 — Read full ayah