Root

م-ك-ث

mkth·m-k-th

7 occurrences7 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
مَكَثَmakatha4—
ماكِثmākith2—
مُكْثmukth1—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where م-ك-ث falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times م-ك-ث 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 6 of 604 pages (1%)

Densest in juzʾ 15 (2 occurrences). The longest stretch without it runs 250 pages — pages 1–250, juzʾ 1–13.

Occurrences · 7 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 م-ك-ث appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root م-ك-ث (mkth) occurs 7 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 7 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 م-ك-ث occur?

7 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from م-ك-ث (mkth), out of 7 total occurrences.

What words come from the root م-ك-ث?

م-ك-ث (mkth) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently مَكَثَ (makatha, 4×), ماكِث (mākith, 2×), and مُكْث (mukth, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.