فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ
Quran glossary · draft
صكك
face slap
A sharp slap to one's own face in astonishment.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1
Roots: صكك
Lemmas: صكت
Forms: صَكَّتْ
Occurrence examples (1 of 1)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.
Why this meaning was chosen
The sole target is a third-person feminine singular Form I perfect whose direct object is the woman's own face. Her outcry and statement about old age and barrenness make the sharp hand-to-face action a reaction of astonishment.