Quran glossary · draft

دثر

wrap oneself

To wrap oneself closely in a covering.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: دثر

Lemmas: مدثر

Forms: مُدَّثِّرُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

74:1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

Where other meanings fail

one who wraps another

74:1

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُدَّثِّرُ

Alternative: O wrapper of someone else

Research rendering: O one wrapped up

The Form V derivation is reflexive and the vocative identifies the addressee by the state he bears; no external patient occurs in the clause.