The triliteral root rā wāw ʿayn (ر و ع) occurs only once in the Quran, as the noun rawʿ (رَّوْع). 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.
Noun
(11:74:5) l-rawʿu | the fright | فَلَمَّا ذَهَبَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الرَّوْعُ وَجَاءَتْهُ الْبُشْرَىٰ يُجَادِلُنَا فِي قَوْمِ لُوطٍ |
See Also
- Lane's Lexicon
- Classical Arabic dictionary