Quran glossary · draft

قعر

uprooted palm

A palm trunk removed from its rooted base and cast down.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: قعر

Lemmas: منقعر

Forms: مُّنقَعِرٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

54:20

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an indefinite genitive Form VII active participle modifying a palm trunk in a comparison. The preceding wind tears people away, and their fallen bodies are likened to trunks in this state, fixing removal from the sustaining base.