Root

خ-ص-م

khṣm·kh-s9-m

18 occurrences17 verses5 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
اخْتَصَمُākhtaṣamu8
خَصِيمkhaṣīm5
خَصْمkhaṣm3
تَخاصُمtakhāṣum1
خَصِمkhaṣim1

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on خ-ص-م

The same words as the table above, grouped by the wazn they are built on. Form assignment and counts are read from the morphology; what each form means is classical grammar — a tendency, not a rule, so a given word may sit outside its form’s usual sense.

  1. Form VIتَفَاعَلَ1×

    often mutual, between parties · interpretive

    • تَخاصُمtakhāṣum1
  2. Form VIIIاِفْتَعَلَ8×

    often reflexive — done to or for oneself · interpretive

    • اخْتَصَمُākhtaṣamu8

Covers 9 of this root’s 18 occurrences — the rest are nouns, participles and particles the morphology assigns no verb form.

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

Nearby roots share verses with خ-ص-م more than chance would predict (statistical). See the whole atlas →

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where خ-ص-م falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times خ-ص-م occurs on it. Counted, not interpreted — a bright page is where the word is dense, which is a fact about vocabulary and not a claim about what the page teaches.

lessmoreon 15 of 604 pages (2%)

Densest in juzʾ 23 (7 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 171 pages — pages 96266, juzʾ 514.

Occurrences · 18 in mushaf order

Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, with morphology from the Quranic Arabic Corpus. How we count →

Questions

How many times does the root خ-ص-م appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root خ-ص-م (khṣm) occurs 18 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 17 distinct verses. Counted on the quran-uthmani text (Tanzil.net) in the recitation of Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim, using the Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology. “Occurrences” counts every word token derived from the root — a root appearing twice in one verse counts twice — which is why it exceeds the verse count.

In how many verses does خ-ص-م occur?

17 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from خ-ص-م (khṣm), out of 18 total occurrences.

What words come from the root خ-ص-م?

خ-ص-م (khṣm) yields 5 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently اخْتَصَمُ (ākhtaṣamu, 8×), خَصِيم (khaṣīm, 5×), خَصْم (khaṣm, 3×), تَخاصُم (takhāṣum, 1×), and خَصِم (khaṣim, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.