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Arabic root

ر-ك-د

Ra-Kaf-Dal

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About this root

Ra-Kaf-Dal (ر-ك-د) has 1 word in the Fahm dictionary: rukūd (recession / stagnation).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 1 time in 1 verse, across 1 of the 114 suras. The first is in 42:33.

Themes: Law Economics

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeTaught in
رُكُود
rukūd
recession / stagnationnoun, B2Crime & Justice

In the Quran

إِن يَشَأْ يُسْكِنِ ٱلرِّيحَ فَيَظْلَلْنَ رَوَاكِدَ عَلَىٰ ظَهْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

If He will He calmeth the wind so that they keep still upon its surface - Lo! herein verily are signs for every steadfast grateful (heart)-

Quran 42:33

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).

Word cards with examples

B2noun
رُكُود
rukūd

recession / stagnation

Example
دَخَلَ الاِقتِصادُ مَرحَلَةَ رُكودٍ حادّ.
dakhala l-iqtiṣādu marḥalata rukūdin ḥādd.
The economy entered a severe recession.

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