B1adjective
رَقْمِيّ
raqmiyy
digital
Example
نَعيشُ في العَصرِ الرَّقمِيّ.
naʿīshu fī l-ʿaṣri r-raqmiyy.
We live in the digital age.
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Quran 18:9
Arabic root
ر-ق-م
Ra-Qaf-Mim
2 words from this root family
About this root
Ra-Qaf-Mim (ر-ق-م) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: raqmiyy (digital), raqm (number / digit).
In the Quran, words built on this root occur 3 times in 3 verses, across 2 of the 114 suras. The first is in 18:9.
Themes: Technology Media, Numbers, Numbers Practical
Words from this root
| Word | Meaning | Type | Taught in |
|---|---|---|---|
رَقْمِيّ raqmiyy | digital | adjective, B1 | Innovation & Progress |
رَقْم raqm | number / digit | noun, A1 | Practical Number Words |
In the Quran
أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًاOr deemest thou that the People of the Cave and the Inscription are a wonder among Our portents?
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
A1noun
رَقْم
raqm
number / digit
Example
مَا رَقْمُ هَاتِفِكَ؟
mā raqmu hātifika?
What is your phone number?
Grammar
رَقْم refers to a digit or numeral symbol. Plural: أَرْقَام (arqām). Used for phone numbers, ID numbers, etc.
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