Quranic root
ع ي ر
ʿayn yā rā
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 3
- Word forms
- 2
- Buckwalter
- Eyr
1 lemma from this root
The dictionary words this root produces, with how often each occurs.
- عِير 3
Word forms
Every surface form this root takes in the Quran.
- العير 2
- والعير 1
Themes
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Verses
All 3 verses containing this root, in mushaf order.
فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمْ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَايَةَ فِى رَحْلِ أَخِيهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَيَّتُهَا ٱلْعِيرُ إِنَّكُمْ لَسَـٰرِقُونَ
and, once he had given them their provisions, he placed the drinking-cup in his brother’s pack. A man called out, ‘People of the caravan! You are thieves!’
وَسْـَٔلِ ٱلْقَرْيَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنَّا فِيهَا وَٱلْعِيرَ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَقْبَلْنَا فِيهَا ۖ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ
Ask in the town where we have been; ask the people of the caravan we travelled with: we are telling the truth.”’
وَلَمَّا فَصَلَتِ ٱلْعِيرُ قَالَ أَبُوهُمْ إِنِّى لَأَجِدُ رِيحَ يُوسُفَ ۖ لَوْلَآ أَن تُفَنِّدُونِ
Later, when the caravan departed, their father said, ‘You may think I am senile but I can smell Joseph,’