Quran glossary · draft

ضأن

sheep

Sheep as a livestock kind represented by its male and female pair.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ضأن

Lemmas: ضأن

Forms: ضَّأْنِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

6:143

ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ مِّنَ ٱلضَّأْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَمِنَ ٱلْمَعْزِ ٱثْنَيْنِ قُلْ ءَآلذَّكَرَيْنِ حَرَّمَ أَمِ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ أَمَّا ٱشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَرْحَامُ ٱلْأُنثَيَيْنِ نَبِّـُٔونِى بِعِلْمٍ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole collective noun is contrasted with goats inside a count of eight livestock pairs. The following challenge distinguishes the two males and two females, directly situating this family as one animal kind.