Root

ك-ي-ف

kyf·k-y-f

83 occurrences83 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
كَيْفkayf83

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with ك-ي-ف more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ك-ي-ف falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ك-ي-ف occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 70 of 604 pages (12%)

Densest in juzʾ 29 (7 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 37 pages — pages 642, juzʾ 13.

Occurrences · 83 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root ك-ي-ف appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ك-ي-ف (kyf) occurs 83 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 83 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does ك-ي-ف occur?

83 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ك-ي-ف (kyf), out of 83 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ك-ي-ف?

ك-ي-ف (kyf) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently كَيْف (kayf, 83×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.