Quran glossary · draft

ضفدع

plague of frogs

Frogs present collectively as a divinely sent affliction.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ضفدع

Lemmas: ضفادع

Forms: ضَّفَادِعَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

7:133

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا مُّجْرِمِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an accusative broken plural in the sequence of distinct signs sent against Pharaoh's people. The Quran-internal context establishes a collective animal affliction and its role as a sign; it does not further subdivide the animal term.