Arabic root

خ-م-س

Kha-Mim-Sin

4 words from this root family

About this root

Kha-Mim-Sin (خ-م-س) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: khamsa (five), khamsūn (fifty), al-khāmis (fifth), al-khamīs (Thursday).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 8 times in 8 verses, across 7 of the 114 suras. The first is in 3:125. The form خَمْسَة (five) accounts for 3 of them.

Themes: Numbers, Basics, Numbers Tens, Numbers Ordinals, Time

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
خَمْسَة khamsa	five	numeral, A1	3×	Numbers 0-9
خَمْسُون khamsūn	fifty	numeral, A1		Numbers 10-1000
الْخَامِس al-khāmis	fifth	adjective, A1		Days of the Week
الْخَمِيس al-khamīs	Thursday	noun, A1		Days of the Week

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

بَلَىٰٓ ۚ إِن تَصْبِرُوا۟ وَتَتَّقُوا۟ وَيَأْتُوكُم مِّن فَوْرِهِمْ هَـٰذَا يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِخَمْسَةِ ءَالَـٰفٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ مُسَوِّمِينَ

Nay, but if ye persevere, and keep from evil, and (the enemy) attack you suddenly, your Lord will help you with five thousand angels sweeping on.

Quran 3:125

وَٱلْخَـٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰذِبِينَ

And yet a fifth, invoking the curse of Allah on him if he is of those who lie.

Quran 24:7

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَـٰلِمُونَ

And verily we sent Noah (as Our messenger) unto his folk, and he continued with them for a thousand years save fifty years; and the flood engulfed them, for they were wrong-doers.

Quran 29:14

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).