Quran glossary · draft

عَسْعَسَ

receded

For the night to recede as morning begins to emerge.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: عسعس

Lemmas: عسعس

Forms: عَسْعَسَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

81:17

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا عَسْعَسَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The single family occurrence was reviewed on one page. The oath by night when it عَسْعَسَ is immediately paired with the morning when it breathes, supporting the night’s recession into dawn in this context.