The triliteral root mīm sīn khā (م س خ) occurs only once in the Quran, as the form I verb masakh (مَسَخْ). The translation below is a brief gloss intended as a guide to meaning. An Arabic word may have a range of meanings depending on context. Click on the word for more linguistic information, or to suggestion a correction.
Verb (form I) - to transform
(36:67:3) lamasakhnāhum | surely, We (would have) transformed them | وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَمَسَخْنَاهُمْ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِهِمْ فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوا مُضِيًّا |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary