Root

ن-ك-س

nks·n-k-s

3 occurrences3 verses3 forms

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
نُكِسُnukisu1
ناكِسُواnākisūā1
نُنَكِّسْnunakkis1

Derived forms tree · the patterns built on ن-ك-س

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 Iفَعَلَ2×

    the base sense, unmarked · interpretive

    • نُكِسُnukisu1
    • ناكِسُواnākisūā1
  2. Form IIفَعَّلَ1×

    often intensive or causative · interpretive

    • نُنَكِّسْnunakkis1

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

Word path · where ن-ك-س falls in the muṣḥaf

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ن-ك-س 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 3 of 604 pages (0%)

Densest in juzʾ 17 (1 occurrence). The longest stretch without it runs 326 pages — pages 1326, juzʾ 117.

Occurrences · 3 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 ن-ك-س appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ن-ك-س (nks) occurs 3 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 3 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 ن-ك-س occur?

3 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ن-ك-س (nks), out of 3 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ن-ك-س?

ن-ك-س (nks) yields 3 distinct derived forms in the Qurʾān, most frequently نُكِسُ (nukisu, 1×), ناكِسُوا (nākisūā, 1×), and نُنَكِّسْ (nunakkis, 1×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.