Quran glossary · draft

أَحْوَى

darkened

Bearing a darkened color-state after the fresh state of vegetation has passed.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: حوي

Lemmas: أحوى

Forms: أَحْوَىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Where other meanings fail

entrails

87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Alternative: then He made the pasture refuse-like entrails

Research rendering: then He made the pasture darkened refuse

The adjective must qualify the resulting pasture state; animal organs cannot express its color or appearance.

coiled inward

87:5

فَجَعَلَهُۥ غُثَآءً أَحْوَىٰ

Alternative: then He made the pasture refuse coiled inward

Research rendering: then He made the pasture darkened refuse

The transformation supplies spent vegetation and a color adjective, with no containment or folding participant structure.