Root

ن-ك-ص

nkṣ·n-k-s9

2 occurrences2 verses1 form

Derived forms

FormTranslitCountMeaning
نَكَصَnakaṣa2—

Neighbourhood · roots it keeps company with

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

Mapping the neighbourhood…

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

Each cell is one page of the 604-page Madanī muṣḥaf, lit in proportion to how many times ن-ك-ص 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 2 of 604 pages (0%)

Densest in juzʾ 10 (1 occurrence). The longest stretch without it runs 258 pages — pages 347–604, juzʾ 18–30.

Occurrences · 2 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-ص appear in the Quran?

The Arabic root ن-ك-ص (nkṣ) occurs 2 times in the Qurʾān, spread across 2 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-ص occur?

2 verses of the Qurʾān contain at least one word derived from ن-ك-ص (nkṣ), out of 2 total occurrences.

What words come from the root ن-ك-ص?

ن-ك-ص (nkṣ) yields 1 distinct derived form in the Qurʾān, most frequently نَكَصَ (nakaṣa, 2×). Each form links to every verse in which it appears.