Quran glossary · draft

صَرْعَىٰ

fallen

Fallen dead upon the ground after being struck down by punishment.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: صرع

Lemmas: صرعى

Forms: صَرْعَىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

69:7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The single family occurrence was reviewed on one page. After the relentless wind, the people lie fallen and are compared to hollow palm trunks, establishing a prostrate death-state.