Root

ص-د-ف

ṣdf·s9-d-f

5 occurrences3 verses2 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
صَدَفَṣadafa4—
صَدَفَيْنṣadafayn1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ص-د-ف falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ص-د-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 3 of 604 pages (0%)

Densest in juzʾ 8 (3 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 301 pages — pages 304–604, juzʾ 16–30.

Occurrences · 5 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 ص-د-ف appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ص-د-ف (ṣdf) occurs 5 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 3 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 ص-د-ف occur?

3 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ص-د-ف (ṣdf), out of 5 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ص-د-ف?

ص-د-ف (ṣdf) yields 2 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently صَدَفَ (ṣadafa, 4×) and صَدَفَيْن (ṣadafayn, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.